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What is involved with replacing a CV Boot?
- Thread starter polarbert
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ForceIndia
ClioSport Club Member
Gentlemans spec 200
Is offside passenger side? I get confused. Sure fred etc will be along shortly, but drivers side is easier iirc, gearbox oil has to come out for passenger side. What's wrong with it? There were a few defects in mine, someone cleverer than me melted them shut!
ForceIndia
ClioSport Club Member
Gentlemans spec 200
Makes sense. I still wont bloody remember though lol.
Dodgy one
Is it split or has the clip just come off? could just stick a new clip on it its the latter
You can also buy the cheap boots which will allow you to replace the boot without stripping the shafts, They are shite mind.
Other than that you'l need to split the CV Slide a boot on and stick two new clips back on
You can also buy the cheap boots which will allow you to replace the boot without stripping the shafts, They are shite mind.
Other than that you'l need to split the CV Slide a boot on and stick two new clips back on
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Suzuki Ignis
You'll need a special cone to fit it, so you can stretch the boot over the shaft.
No
Easiest way it found it was to:
A)1)undo the hub nut (30mm socket)
2)take wheel off
3)undo the suspension damper bolts (19mm IIRC)
4)pull the hub towards you,push it left and wiggle the shaft out from the hub and then pull the whole thing toward you and then it out.
B)1)Cut off the old clips and boot
2)Slide the on the small clip
3)get one of these cones and grease it up with some table polish
4)turn the boot inside out and grease up what is now the inside (but is actually the outside)
5)Side it over
6)turn back the right way and wipe it clean with some degreaser especially the bits on each end that will need to grip the shaft.
7)squeeze the cv grease into the cv joint, wiggle it about and push it in through the gaps
8)again make sure the grip areas clean, then pull the larger end over the joint and clip it in place with grips
9)then clip the bottom one and pull the shaft the each side to make sure the it doesnt slip off.
Refit in reverse of part 'A'
Think thats it from what I can remember off the top of my head.
Wish I had taken photos when I did mine but I didnt.
-Matt
No
Easiest way it found it was to:
A)1)undo the hub nut (30mm socket)
2)take wheel off
3)undo the suspension damper bolts (19mm IIRC)
4)pull the hub towards you,push it left and wiggle the shaft out from the hub and then pull the whole thing toward you and then it out.
B)1)Cut off the old clips and boot
2)Slide the on the small clip
3)get one of these cones and grease it up with some table polish
4)turn the boot inside out and grease up what is now the inside (but is actually the outside)
5)Side it over
6)turn back the right way and wipe it clean with some degreaser especially the bits on each end that will need to grip the shaft.
7)squeeze the cv grease into the cv joint, wiggle it about and push it in through the gaps
8)again make sure the grip areas clean, then pull the larger end over the joint and clip it in place with grips
9)then clip the bottom one and pull the shaft the each side to make sure the it doesnt slip off.
Refit in reverse of part 'A'
Think thats it from what I can remember off the top of my head.
Wish I had taken photos when I did mine but I didnt.
-Matt
If it's the outer boot (and possibly inner) you can get split replacements and you glue together - with them you only really need to take the wheel off for access. Some people hate them but they work well for me.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SPLIT-DRIVESH...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item3ca75fe4e6
Cheaper in Wilco last time I bought one.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SPLIT-DRIVESH...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item3ca75fe4e6
Cheaper in Wilco last time I bought one.
Sorry I wasn't more specific. The retaining bolt for the lower suspension arm came off my car last night, meaning that the wheel became disconnected and the driveshaft came out of the bloody gearbox. I was just asking questions in case I had to get legal, but luckily the garage that replaced the front discs and cv boot a couple of weeks ago are fixing it without any hassle. Going to be without my motor for a few days which is annoying as I've been away for 5 months unable to drive it. 
Monaco 53/468
thats s**t mate that it happened but good that the garage are dealing with it
another thing thats a bit s**t is not mentioning all the above before these kind people started writing a manual on how you can replace the boot, AND you haven't even thanked them!
another thing thats a bit s**t is not mentioning all the above before these kind people started writing a manual on how you can replace the boot, AND you haven't even thanked them!
I said thanks in my original post Steve.
Well, I'm not too sure, but the chaps put the driveshaft back into the gearbox and connected it together, and it appeared to be okay. It needs a new inner cv boot, and more annoyingly the whole offside of the car needs to be painted. This is due to the wing resting on the bloody wheel and cracking the paint. Bloody metallic paint.
Well, I'm not too sure, but the chaps put the driveshaft back into the gearbox and connected it together, and it appeared to be okay. It needs a new inner cv boot, and more annoyingly the whole offside of the car needs to be painted. This is due to the wing resting on the bloody wheel and cracking the paint. Bloody metallic paint.
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