- special pliers for installing clamps for fastening CV joints or sliding pliers;
- sliding pliers for removing retaining rings;
- grease for CV joints 80 cm³;
- new hinge cover;
- new retaining and thrust rings of the hinge.
Removing
1. Remove the drive assembly (see "Front wheel drive - removal and installation").
2. We fix the drive assembly in a vice and remove the large and small clamps of the protective cover with special pliers or sliding pliers.
3. Cut off the protective cover of the hinge with a knife.
4. By striking with a hammer through a soft metal drift on the inner race of the hinge, we knock the hinge off the drive shaft.
Warning! If the hinge is to be reused, the ball separator or the hinge body must not be struck.
5. Remove the retaining and thrust rings from the splines of the shaft (see "External hinge of the drive - removal, replacement of the protective cover and installation").
6. We wash the hinge in kerosene, wipe it with a clean cloth and let it dry.
Installation
1. We fix the drive shaft in a vice in a vertical position.
2. We wind the insulating tape on the splines of the shaft, put a new protective cover on the shaft and move the cover to the middle of the shaft.
Comment. On the right drive, turn the cover inside out onto the shaft.
Advice. Do not use a socket head to install the thrust ring. The internal chamfer, found on almost all heads, will compress the ring, which will not allow it to be installed on the shaft.
2. Using an open end wrench by 24 mm as a mandrel, we install a new thrust ring on the splined end of the shaft.
3. Using a slotted screwdriver, install a new retaining ring on the shaft.
4. We apply grease for CV joints to the shaft splines.
5. We put on the inner race of the hinge on the splined end of the shaft. Align the hinge body with the axis of the shaft. With hammer blows through a wooden gasket, we press the hinge onto the shaft until the retaining ring is fully installed.
6. Fill the hinge body with grease (80 cm³ for the entire joint), and put the rest in a case.
7. We put a large sealing belt of the protective cover on the hinge body, and install a small sealing belt of the cover into the groove of the shaft. Lifting the small sealing belt of the cover with a thin slotted screwdriver, we release excess air from the internal cavity of the protective cover.
8. Using special pliers or sliding pliers and a slotted screwdriver, install the large and small clamps of the protective cover.
Recommendation. Before installing the assembled drive to the vehicle, be sure to install a new retaining ring on the splined shank of the inner joint.
9. Install the drive assembly on the car (see "Front wheel drive - removal and installation").