Replacing Inner CV boot - passenger

[GeeGee]

How do you get the small end of the boot over the large knob end? Do the 3 knuckle things come off from the rod? Or do i need to take the shaft off from the wheel side and slide it up?

[Astron_Boy]

It's a tricky task, but the shaft has to come out from the cup in order to remove/ replace the boot.
Do a youtube search for a video guide, generic fwd thing.

[Sahin]

How do you get the small end of the boot over the large knob end? Do the 3 knuckle things come off from the rod? Or do i need to take the shaft off from the wheel side and slide it up?

Bahahahahahahahahaha so much potential

[GeeGee]

I can get it out of the cup. But the small end of the boot doesnt stretch over the end highlighted in red.

[Astron_Boy]

To explain further, the part in red there, should remain in the cup with the shaft removed from that area.
There is a circlip behind the red inside the cup which holds it in.

It's not an easy task.

Have you Youtubed?

EDIT: Inner and outer are the same.

[GeeGee]

Yeah, the one i watched he removed it all from the cup, the the 3 little knobs just pulled off easily, leaving pretty much just a rod. My 3 little knobs arnt that easy to pull off. I'll try again. But what you are saying sounds a little different to the video i just watched.

[Astron_Boy]

The video I edited linked then?
He hammered the cup off.

[GeeGee]

The cups he takes off at 11:07 he just pulls off easily. Mine are not coming off that easily. He doesnt use a hammer on them at all. Unless what you are referring to as cups, he is calling something else the same thing.

[Astron_Boy]

The cups he takes off at 11:07 he just pulls off easily. Mine are not coming off that easily. He doesnt use a hammer on them at all. Unless what you are referring to as cups, he is calling something else the same thing.

I refer to the cup as the actual assembly where the bearings and shaft lay in.
The end shaft which goes in to the gearbox and holds the 3 bearings is the cup I refer.

Correct me if wrong, someone else, but I'm sure the procedure is remove, and hammer off.
Don't have the manual in front of me.

[GeeGee]

I'm gonna have to take it all off I guess. Was trying to just slip the boot on while leaving the wheel hub all on still. Wont be able to get a hammer and sh*t in that small space lol

[Astron_Boy]

I'm gonna have to take it all off I guess. Was trying to just slip the boot on while leaving the wheel hub all on still. Wont be able to get a hammer and sh*t in that small space lol

Oh, you still have it in the car?
Yeah, definitely remove the shaft.
Easier task. Pest for the oil factor, but definitely easier.

[Bennoz]

Technically you don't have to remove the shaft completely, but it makes it a hell of a lot easier if you do.

As mentioned, there is a circlip on the end of it that holds the bearing assembly on. Once you take the circlip off, the bearing assembly simply slides off.

[Astron_Boy]

Aha! so, it is exactly like the video.
Nice.