Recently I somehow got a tiny cut in the outer boot of my passenger CV joint and spewed grease all over..

Here is the complete Axle Rebuild Pictoral procedure for those interested. I am not going over details of every step..Mostly a pictoral to let you know what you are in for…


First
Loosen the Axle nut.. Trust me.. this requires a lot of force. Leave the car on the ground with the wheel on when you break it loose.
So get some PB Blaster and spray the nut real good. I used a 24” ¾ Breaker bar from Harbor Freight. I needed to get some ¾ to ½ adapters to use my
socket.






Now you can see the havoc created by a torn boot..









I had to clean everything before I could do anything.. I went through a 6” stack of napkins, a dozen q-tips and an old t-shirt. I even took the strain reliefs off the speed sensor wires and cleaned the grease out of them. Washed em in the sink with dawn and a tooth brush..

Here is everything all cleaned up..



Now we are ready to pull the axle.. Here is a shot just before pulling it out of the hub



Finally out..


Now to get the boot off.. My problem was with the OUTER boot..



First cut the clamps off both sides. I used a Dremel with cutoff wheel

Then slide back the boot in order to separate the CV joint from the axle shaft



To separate the 2 pieces you need to put the axle in a vise. Then take a heavy “BLUNT” Chisel and place it right at the point shown in the picture. You will need a give this some very hard whacks with a heavy hammer.. It will eventually slide off. What you are doing is compressing the snap ring on the inside. The next pictures will clearly show this..



If you look inside the bearing race.. you can see where it opens back up and the snap ring expands again on the other side to ensure a solid connection.


Here is where you need to take the bearings out and clean them..



You need to take the ball bearings out in sequence. You must clean your ***** very carefully… After that clean the whole race…



All Cleaned up Ready to be put back together..


Here the Bearing Race is all back together.

I forgot to show the part where you fill the Bearing Race with Grease.. because I was fighting with the C Clip

My Boot Kit came with 2 different clamp types.. So I went to Autozone and they loaned me the 2 types of clamp tools I needed.. I almost destroyed one in the process.

Here I am tightening the smaller Clamp



This is the bigger clamp.. This single clamp gave me the most fits.. The tool did NOTHING! It could not pull the clamp tight enough to latch.. I seriously considered using a dryer hose clamp…

I ended up doing something drastic after driving around town looking for a different type of clamp and failing.. I redesigned my Wire Strippers to act as a Clamp Tool.. While holding everything together I put the handles in my Vise It pulled it together but would not latch.. A small tap of my hammer and Click.. Yes!! Finally..



The rest is just put it all back together….