Need help getting CV joint off axle

[agent]

Hey as in the title, I can't quite figure out how to get the outer front CV off the axle in a BG5 Leggy. Any advice is appreciated The whole assembly is out of the car so its just a matter of getting it off, I think I will just buy the whole replacment axle assembly for the other side lol.

Jamie

[Guest]

have you got the whole axle oiut with both joints attached ? are you replacing the boot or the joint itself ?

[Guest boostcut]

clamp the shaf in a vice and smack the cv joint from the back with a hammer. if this dont work (and you want to replace the cv) smash the cage holding the balls and flick the balls out... then you cut the inner part off with a grinder.

[rockr]

there is a clip on the shaft which clips into the cv body, cant see it until it apart, just needs a good clout to get the cv off, just make sure the clip is there when you put it back together.

[agent]

cheers! I'll have a crack tomorrow.

[nzkaosnz]

Im assuming you are trying to get the joint fully apart, and know the following before trying to destroy it...

Remove bands that hold boot.

Slide boot back away from joint.

Get fingers dirty, and feel inside joint, there is a thin wire that runs around the cv joint, just inside the lip

Find join in wire, and move to a ball race.

Get small screwdriver, and lever wire out.

outer part should easily slide off - be ready to catch balls.

Clean grease off end of halfshaft - find circlip.

Remove circlip

May need to hammer/puller the inner part of the cv off, but most of mine have just slid off.

[Koom]

 nzkaosnz said:

Im assuming you are trying to get the joint fully apart, and know the following before trying to destroy it...

Remove bands that hold boot.

Slide boot back away from joint.

Get fingers dirty, and feel inside joint, there is a thin wire that runs around the cv joint, just inside the lip

Find join in wire, and move to a ball race.

Get small screwdriver, and lever wire out.

outer part should easily slide off - be ready to catch balls. hahaha

Clean grease off end of halfshaft - find circlip.

Remove circlip

May need to hammer/puller the inner part of the cv off, but most of mine have just slid off.

Thats for the inner CV.

He's taking off the outer CV which needs to be removed by force. Or Chuck Norris.

[nzkaosnz]

...?

Really? Weird. I stand corrected then...

[agent]

Yeah thats why im confused because inner was so easy. Cheers

[Guest]

if you pull the inner joint , circlip etc off you can pull the outer boot off aswell with out removing the joint