Ok, so I'm reassembling my CV joints (finally) and I thought I had it
figured out....but what Brent said about the cage being machined on one side
and putting that side toward the axle seems to be in disagreement with my
notes when I took it apart. I'm not saying you're wrong Brent....I just
want to be clear :) I think I probably took bad notes, but just to be
certain....here's the 2 surfaces of the ball cage:
Grooved:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/f6jGJgD88B6MsXekgAK1Of9-o0EMtv6MFzhPsVRph6Y?feat=directlink
Machined Flat:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/SKW03NpZfD3jWW0r2AI_eP9-o0EMtv6MFzhPsVRph6Y?feat=directlink
Which side faces which direction? Or does it matter?
Thanks,
- Bryon, '71 Fastback
On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Brent Bottolfson<brent@bottolfson.net>wrote:
On 8/20/11 10:12 PM, Bryon Garvin wrote:
ah...
you beat me to my next question. So, you got the circlip around the
splined
shaft and then tapped it into place? Am I understanding?
I assume the concave washer provides some resistance to pushing the CV
joint
down far enough to get the circlip on?
Yep. First I tapped the CV onto the shaft with a plastic mallet. The
groove for the clip was just a tiny bit unexposed from the concave washer
resistance. So I used some snap ring pliers and spread the clip around the
shaft and got it situated to where it was almost all the way in the groove.
Then I just tapped a bit with the socket to get it in the groove.
Did you assemble the joint and then press onto the shaft? Or did you
press
the inside part of the joint on the shaft and then "build" the rest of the
joint around it?
They're already hard enough to get together, doing it on with the inner
part on the shaft would probably make it even harder. I put the CV together
first, then put it on the shaft. They really only seem to come apart if
they're twisted from side to side, if you put it on straight up and down it
will stay together.
I noticed on mine that the inner portion of the CV had a wear 'ring' on one
side from the washer on all of my CV's. So they went back together the
same; that side also has a small chamfer to it and goes in facing the
concave washer. The cage is also slightly machined on one side which makes
it a little larger than the other to get the inner portion in. I don't know
if it makes a difference, but I put that side also facing the concave
washer.
Lube up the inside of the end of the boot well when you put it on the
shaft. Make sure that the Ottinger clamp (spelling) is on the shaft too,
and don't crimp it until your done and get the boot situated where the holes
line up. I learned that the hard way on my first one. And I wore latex
gloves as it's a pretty greasy job.
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