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 Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 12:27 pm |
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Location: aldeburgh suffolk
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hello all ive posted here a few times i recently got my self a 51 plate gti and have done much work to it, rear axle, front and rear discs and calipers handbrake cables, full engine service, passenger wishbone the list goes on......anyway im on my final part. drivers outer CV joint! does the whole shaft have to come out for me to change this or not and any tips! id much rather keep it in. thanks
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Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 3:11 pm |
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Buy the kit, take the gaiter off and smack the end off.
Make sure the lip is clean otherwise the gaitor will just slip off and inside the joint is packed with grease!
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Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:15 pm |
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| Addaz wrote: |
Buy the kit, take the gaiter off and smack the end off.
Make sure the lip is clean otherwise the gaitor will just slip off and inside the joint is packed with grease! |
  ,and don't forget to put the metal clips before the gaiter on the small end.
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Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:22 pm |
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thanks guys.......but kit? do mean the cv joint itself? i have bought the cv joint
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Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:41 pm |
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:20 pm |
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i have the cv joint but noticed theirs no ridge/ lip halfway along inside for a circlip. so basically the old one should just knock offand this is ok with the driveshaft still attached. it is the driver side im doing
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