Re: cv joints

[Larry Adres <vwnut@yahoo.com>]

I used a rubber mallet to pound the sucker off. Peel
the boot back, tilt the joint toward the ground, hit
the edge as you pull on it and it'll slip right off
after a couple of whacks.

--- Eric Person <eperson1@excite.com> wrote:
> I am replacing a ripped cv boot and i am having
> problems getting the joint
> off the axle so i can slip the new boot on.  I have
> an 86 16v and it has the
> cv joints that are hard to take off.  They're not
> the easy ones with a snap
> ring holding them on,  they have the little washer
> and collar and supposedly
> a circlip inside that.  The problem is that i can't
> see the circlip so i
> have no idea how to get the joint off.  It doesnt
> look like there is
> anything i can remove that will let the joint slip
> off, so im guessing that
> there is a way to tap the joint off.  It's just i
> dont want to go bashing
> shit up and trash the joint.  So anyone that has
> these type of joints and
> has done this let me know of some tricks you used to
> get it off.
> Thanks
> 
> Eric Person
> 86.5 16v
> 
> 
> 
> 
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