In this video I show the process of replacing the boots on front (or rear) CV shafts. Not a bad process but it sure is messy! -Enjoy!
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OTC 4623 CV Joint Banding Tool And Cutter: https://amzn.to/2XmlZqH
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--Eric & Vanessa O.
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Thanks for the video well done 👏 I am planning on changing the outer boot on my 2006 Volvo XC90 and this video is a great help .
I think the useful part of this video is not really stated: you don't just replace the boot. Eric strips it down completely, cleans it, and re-assembles it, showing all the pitfalls and the special tools required to do it properly.
Great video really liked the real time hands on and your perverseness.
Looks just like my honda cv axle. I learned something today, thankyou.
Good job, but it painful watching when you don't use a vise
Eric, thank you!
This was like watching a monkey trying to F a football. Just terrible.
Thanks great video 📹 👍
I call them ear clamps
when running a vhs have the lid ready for removal so the heads can be cleaned when changing the tape
Crummy video
Keep the rubber boots from drying out by periodically spraying 303 Protectant .
Well done🤗
Thanks that was very helpful. Have a question if you are able to assist. I am doing a Nissan Pathfinder and my inner tri bearing won’t come out easy like yours they stop at the end. There is no inner clip it looks like the. Housing has been crimped. Should I just try to tap and drift the housing past this sticking point.
Thanks David
thank you…from an ocd viewer
I noticed on the 2nd boot you packed it with grease, is that because it doesn't slip like the other end. I'm using the same cv joints on a speed boat from the bell housing to the step up gearbox. The cage and ball end of the cv joint is at the gearbox end which is modified and has a flange on it to bolt to the coupling. The cv joint faces downwards because of the prop shaft angle so I reckon I'd be better of packing the boot anyway
Question: I got an Audi with over 260k miles on it and want to make sure I never have to import new joints as much as possible. I was wondering if just repacking joints will help with increasing the life of a CV joint or if it won't increase the lifespan much. There is nothing wrong with them now, but I want to keep it that way.
For the OCD viewers, those 2 clamps are lined up 😀
What's this all a boot? …….. had to do it
Always love your videos one of my first reboot jobs I had a set of highly used horse show nail removers they were highly worn, I used them to tighten clamps instead of buying snap on bandtigheners
For a non mechanic like myself, I don't really understand why going the regular route when changing the CV boots is the right way forward.
Us "noobs" should go the split CV boot route. It's like 10% of the work, and there is a much lower chance of you destroying something/not getting it together.
Great vid , this was a very common repair in the 80's , many per week
Eric: I enjoy your videos. The boot clamps appear similar to German "Oetiker" clamps. I order them from McMaster-Carr in Chicago. They supply a Knipex to set them.
Are we not doing phrasing anymore? 😁
Well done. Thank you!
You never clean Anything with gasoline
"We checked the balls"
same
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Don't half squeeze the goop. Use the whole thing.
Nice job, but why not use one of those universal CV shaft boots that's split, and which you then glue together? Then you can leave the whole CV shaft in the car.
First off don't peck on a wheeled table, second pop it hard and quick
Am i really the only one that chuckled at give your balls a look? I guess 28 is still child level humor age…
Like the NASA sticker on the tool box. Only option is victorie . A way of getting there ! Greetz John.
Oticker clamps they be. That looks like a subaru shaft. Usually the Subaru inner boots suffer from high heat from the exhaust cooking the boot.
That's why i never replace the retaining clip they always seem to be too big to fit down in the groove, if i can i buy the stretch boots so i don't have to remove the CV Joint to fit the boot.
At one time some special person came up with a split boot but then supplied it with Super Glue instead of a rubber vulcanising glue so it flexed when the boot flexed where as the super glue just cracked and split the boot apart so they would only last about 20ft out the garage so they vanished out of the Autoparts Stores to be replaced by the stretch Boots and installation cone tool
Odiker clamps
Who is this Marie and how does she not know who Morgan Freeman is? (I'd hate to ask her about other old people. 😅)
Thanks for lining up the notches.
yeah I subbed just because of your attitude.
I love new words, “ mother plumber” I did not say bad words un till I married my wife! She was nurse and was as foul as a pirate…
I have found it is possible to tap off OE CV ends but not rebuilt axles. I put the axcle in a vice and use a lead hammer. Still can't seem no mater what to separate reman axles. I always dismantle the bearings and clean. Some times I put the race in backwards, if it is possible to ovoid clicking (If you notice the CV axle will click in forward turns. Reverse the race and it will click in backwards direction. Fine since backwards driving is not the norm.). Not doing this much these days since new or reman axles are so cheap.
That’s Toyota pink lube.
Hi, can you tell me from which Car this drive shaft is ? Thx for helping.
omfg she doesnt know who morgan freeman is!
@NAPA not a sponsor makes me smile everytime.