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holidaychicken Member Since: 06 Nov 2013 Location: Kent Posts: 1086 |
Wrong forum, but then I send a lot of people over here from over there, these are my efforts -
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30th Oct 2018 11:42pm |
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rik Member Since: 21 Jan 2015 Location: argyll Posts: 265 |
Did mine and had to use a lot of heat to get it to shift ended up melting a hole in driveshaft gaiter even with a shield in between .On retrospect I should have folded gaiter back out of the way and saved myself a mornings work replacing it .Lots of heat and brute force required |
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31st Oct 2018 12:09am |
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dexion7 Member Since: 06 Jun 2013 Location: Tynemouth Posts: 291 |
when you replaced the gaitor you must have pushed the CV centre back through the hub and then pulled it back into the hub after replacing the gaitor. did you use LR tools for this or were those stages easy? |
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31st Oct 2018 3:09pm |
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rik Member Since: 21 Jan 2015 Location: argyll Posts: 265 |
Knock shaft through hub being careful not to flange end of .Used neoprene gaitor and cone that part was easy but messy .Shaft can be a bit tight to get through big hammer required as with refit big socket over end of shaft and a bit of swearing.thats why I would undo gaitor and fold back out of the way before heating wrap an old wet towel around cv joint and apply plenty heat and it will go good luck |
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31st Oct 2018 3:35pm |
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rik Member Since: 21 Jan 2015 Location: argyll Posts: 265 |
Oh and tools used were not lr tools .a large copper alloy drift around the size of the shaft to knock it through a large socket that sits on inner hole of hub and a heavy hammer to refit |
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31st Oct 2018 3:40pm |
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dexion7 Member Since: 06 Jun 2013 Location: Tynemouth Posts: 291 |
that link provided above by chicken is helpful. it suggests that if the hub is removed, upon refitting, the CV splined shaft will poke sufficiently through the hub to allow the nut to go on and pull it the rest of the way through.
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31st Oct 2018 3:55pm |
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dexion7 Member Since: 06 Jun 2013 Location: Tynemouth Posts: 291 |
thanks for those comments rik I'm getting enthusiastic again just waiitng for a sunny warm day |
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31st Oct 2018 3:58pm |
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srpara Member Since: 03 Oct 2013 Location: moray Posts: 115 |
Sunny warm day |
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31st Oct 2018 6:38pm |
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rik Member Since: 21 Jan 2015 Location: argyll Posts: 265 |
Shaft will not protrude far enough for nut to get a grip without a fair bit of hammering clean out inside of hub and apply a bit of release oil being careful not to damage abs sensor in hub when cleaning make sure hub nut is fully on before trying to tighten or you will damage threads .Big bar required to retighten |
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1st Nov 2018 8:22am |
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holidaychicken Member Since: 06 Nov 2013 Location: Kent Posts: 1086 |
Maybe because i had new cv joints going back in but i cleaned everything and just pushed it back through enough to get the nut to start on it.
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1st Nov 2018 7:08pm |
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