Inner cv boot change advice

Hi guys,

Going to change the front inner cv boot tomorrow on the td4 and wondered if anyone had any advice.

I seem to remember doing it in the past and the tripod joint being amazingly well stuck on the splines?

Cheers

My favorite way of doing cv boots.......

You need a compressor and a special tool.....

CV Boot Replacement - STRETCH Boots - YouTube

Can also be used as a torture method. :jaw:

ZDomZ said:

My favorite way of doing cv boots.......

You need a compressor and a special tool.....

CV Boot Replacement - STRETCH Boots - YouTube

Can also be used as a torture method. :jaw:

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If only!

Also had to by an original boot not a stretchy one as the inner joint is not round!

I have found there is a knack to splitting joints... But even then some come apart easily and some are a right bar steward.........

Pull shaft from car... Cut off old boot... Clean most of the grease up so you can see what you are doing... Clamp driveshaft in vice.. Hammer the inner section carefully using enough force to shift inner section but not enough to damage stuff...!

Not much else I can suggest really.

ZDomZ said:

I have found there is a knack to splitting joints... But even then some come apart easily and some are a right bar steward.........

Pull shaft from car... Cut off old boot... Clean most of the grease up so you can see what you are doing... Clamp driveshaft in vice.. Hammer the inner section carefully using enough force to shift inner section but not enough to damage stuff...!

Not much else I can suggest really.

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Thanks mate, I have used a puller in the past but don't have access to that tomorrow so hopefully a vice and a cold chisel will do the trick!

The joints generally come off the shaft ok. Make sure you fit the joint inner and outer in the same place or it may well vibrate. It might vibrate after completion anyway.

Nodge68 said:

The joints generally come off the shaft ok. Make sure you fit the joint inner and outer in the same place or it may well vibrate. It might vibrate after completion anyway.

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Yay! Thanks for the heads up! Will report back

you can buy the plastic cone for the stretch boots so save expense on the proper jobby tool

teddywood1 said:

you can buy the plastic cone for the stretch boots so save expense on the proper jobby tool

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You can't fire the boots acros the workshop with a cone though!

teddywood1 said:

you can buy the plastic cone for the stretch boots so save expense on the proper jobby tool

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I got one of these for my mums car as it looked as though it would save time and effort.........lazy cow still hasn't done it after 6months or so!

teddywood1 said:

you can buy the plastic cone for the stretch boots so save expense on the proper jobby tool

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Stretch boots don't work on the inboard CV joint as its outer section isn't round.
It has 3 concave sections around its perimeter that the factory boot fits into.

Nodge68 said:

Stretch boots don't work on the inboard CV joint as its outer section isn't round.
It has 3 concave sections around its perimeter that the factory boot fits into.

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Sadly quite right!

Got the boot from LR this morning and will be attempting this afternoon after I do the radius arm bushes on my p38 (which I wish was easy to work on like the hippo!)

ZDomZ said:

You can't fire the boots acros the workshop with a cone though!

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And you can with the rectum stretcher?

All done now, easy as it turn out!

Jack and secure car

Undo hub nut (may need to raise and lower a few times as helps when wheel on ground)

Mark shaft position into tripod housing

Undo front wish bone and rear wish bone bolts (3 total)

Carefully pull drive shaft out of tripod housing making sure it doesn't fall apart

Remove shaft from hub

Clamp in vice

Remove circlip

Mark all positions as it's important that the tripod goes back into the housing in the same orientation

Use cold chisel to drive tripod off

Remove old boot remains

Put on new boot

Use socket to put tripod back on

Replace circlip

Clean as needed

Re grease tripod

Put a load of grease in tripod housing

Refit shaft carefully keeping clean

Fit boot to tripod housing and nip up each

Put it all back together!

Some pics of tripod all clean pre re grease.

I got a New boot kit with super special land rover grease £23 from LR stealer.

hi
would you tell the dimensions of the tripod joint for the driveshaft CV?

that is for the freelander