Inner CV Boot replacement, 94 Quest

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Terry P Gleason - 14 Jun 2005 21:13 GMT

94 Nissan Quest with 100K miles has a torn rt inner CV boot and a
broken lower ball joint.

I'm hoping someone here has done an inner boot replacement and can
give me some guidance.

the van is currently on jack stands with the inner race and cage
portion of the CV joint pulled out of its housing.

I have a Haynes manual and it appears that I can replace the inner
boot w/o removing the entire axle.

I plan to:

cut and remove large boot clip; cut away boot

find and remove retaining clip holding the inner race and cage on
axle; remove race and cage. Will it pull off or will this be too
difficult with the axle still connected at the wheel end?

clean everything; check for wear or damage.

slide on new small boot clip, boot; push (knock?) on cage; secure
with (new?) clip.

reassemble ball bearings, race, into cage; pack with grease;

push it into its housing.

tighten the clips;

install new lower ball joint.

The Haynes manual says the rt inner joint has no retaining clip
holding it together, so it just pulls out. I'm hoping that when the
ball joint broke, causing the CV joint to pull apart, there was no
stress or damage done to the CV joint - it just pulled apart, since
nothing was holding it in other than the ball joint.

TIA

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Sly - 14 Jun 2005 21:29 GMT

take a hammer and smack the outer cage, this releases a circlip, assembly
is pretty much reverse, stand the cage up and insert the shaft from above
and hit downward with a hammer

> 94 Nissan Quest with 100K miles has a torn rt inner CV boot and a
> broken lower ball joint.
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>
> TIA

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jjjsan - 15 Jun 2005 19:56 GMT

Suggest replacing entire half shaft with remanf.
You have fresh grease, boots, good cv joint on both ends and warranty.
Hard to tell if your old axle suffered any damage or is worn. May have to
replace the axle later due to failure of cv joint, if boot is replaced
only.

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Steve T - 16 Jun 2005 05:19 GMT

> Suggest replacing entire half shaft with remanf.
> You have fresh grease, boots, good cv joint on both ends and warranty.
> Hard to tell if your old axle suffered any damage or is worn. May have to
> replace the axle later due to failure of cv joint, if boot is replaced
> only.

This is assuming a "remanf" was done right. Most aren't from my experience,
seen too many that were bad right out of the box from lots of different
sources. I'd MUCH rather replace the boot on a factory half shaft than use
a $69 reman one. Just my opinion.

To the OP, remove the half shaft from the outter hub, it will be a PITA to
try to reboot the inner joint with it hanging under the car/van.

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jjjsan - 17 Jun 2005 06:27 GMT

Heard lots of good feedback from these guys.
Might cost a few more bucks than local auto parts store, but advertise, no
re-grinds parts, only new c/v parts on the axles.
http://www.raxles.com

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Steve T - 17 Jun 2005 07:59 GMT

> Heard lots of good feedback from these guys.
> Might cost a few more bucks than local auto parts store, but advertise, no
> re-grinds parts, only new c/v parts on the axles.
> http://www.raxles.com

Thanx for the heads up. These guys are right, NEW joints are the only real
solution and very few "reman" units have new joints, their price point is
too low to allow it.

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jjjsan - 18 Jun 2005 06:10 GMT

I call them up, they have lifetime warranty.
Most of there business is for small auto repair garages, who warranty
there work and part.

There price on a half shaft is about $20 to $40 more than discount auto
parts store. Might be worth the extra cost if you plan to keep the car
for awhile.

I did find another site (can't remember the name)that sold new (not
rebuild or reman) half shaft, price seem decent for new part. I may of
seem them on ebay.

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Steve T - 18 Jun 2005 08:26 GMT

> I call them up, they have lifetime warranty.
> Most of there business is for small auto repair garages, who warranty
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> parts store. Might be worth the extra cost if you plan to keep the car
> for awhile.

Actually it's worth the price unless you enjoy regularly swapping out parts,
maybe even 2-3 to get the first good one?

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