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Car Forum / Nissan / Nissan Cars / April 200596 Sentra: Need help on replacing cv joint boot on drive axle
My 96 Sentra GXE has a torn CV joint boot on the drivers side. It is the outer boot and it appears to have occurred recently. I want to replace the boot, but it entails the somewhat difficult job of getting the outer cv joint off. I have had bad luck in getting the cv joint off the drive shaft in the past, and I would like some suggestions. I can take the drive shaft off easily enough. My problem is when I try to get the joint off, invariably the cage and ball bearing come falling out. And.... it is a real problem getting them back in. I would like to know of any trick to get the cv joint off, without everything coming apart. Al > My 96 Sentra GXE has a torn CV joint boot on the drivers side. It is > the outer boot and it appears to have occurred recently. I want to [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Al Buy a rebuilt driveshaft and replace the unit as a whole, not worth the trouble in rebuilding. My 2 cents worth. on most Nissans, you don't have to worry about the inner bearing race and bearing cage assembly coming apart and spitting out all the bearings. to get the outer joint off is easy, just cut away the old boot and smack the outer cv joint with a hammer the outer cv joint should pop off the end of the axle very easily > My 96 Sentra GXE has a torn CV joint boot on the drivers side. It is > the outer boot and it appears to have occurred recently. I want to [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Al > on most Nissans, you don't have to worry about the inner bearing race and > bearing cage assembly coming apart and spitting out all the bearings. > > to get the outer joint off is easy, just cut away the old boot and smack the > outer cv joint with a hammer the outer cv joint should pop off the end of > the axle very easily Alternativelt, use a "split boot" - you don't take the thing apart at all, put the split boot on then glue the split shut with the (supplied) "superglue" (cyanoacrylate). Not everyone likes them though - much easier to fit, but I suspect not as durable. Andy split boots never work right and if you can get one to actually stay together, it wont stay together for long, yur better of taking thejoint apart and replacing with a regular boot. > > on most Nissans, you don't have to worry about the inner bearing race and > > bearing cage assembly coming apart and spitting out all the bearings. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Andy A pair of snap ring plyers and a good press. > My 96 Sentra GXE has a torn CV joint boot on the drivers side. It is > the outer boot and it appears to have occurred recently. I want to [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Al you wont need a press, at all, smack the inner side of the joint to seperate it and clean the joint with solvent, blow dry, repack, line splines up with the inside of the joint and smack the outer end a couple times and yur done, the only trouble i ever have is that sometimes the snapring wasnt in the groove all the way and i had to pop it all apart again and replace the popring, just make sure the snapring stays in its groove while popping it all back together and you have it made. > A pair of snap ring plyers and a good press. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > > > Al |
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