CV Joint

Paulman · Post by **Paulman** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:27 pm

Hello, please can anyone help me with the following.. I am trying to change the cv joint on my Bongo Frendy 4wd 1995 N reg. I have everything off but am struggling to remove the actual joint from the drive shaft. Can anyone give me detailed instructions on how to remove this, as I am unable to separate the outer and inner part of the joint to gain access to the spring clip holding the driveshaft into the inner section???? (if that makes sense)

Thanks

kawasaki kid · Post by **kawasaki kid** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:18 am

Had to split my CV`s from the drive shafts to replace the CV gators

and sadly it can be a bu**er of a job as the CV`s and the shafts have a habit of seizing together due to the splines on the driveshafts rusting .

The only way to seperate them is to use brute force ( 5lb lump hammer ) and lots of swear words or reassemble the suspension and ask your local garage to do it - I managed to do the nearside one myself but had to admit defeat with the offside one and put it into my local garage

and it still took them nearly 3 hours to do the job - The garage owners last comment was "someone has had a go at doing this - haven`t you "

This is the only repair on an car I have worked on that has defeated me .

At least now I can dismantle the Bongo front suspension / brakes with my eyes shut.

Ian . Not much help I know but your not alone struggling with this problem.

Paulman · Post by **Paulman** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:53 am

That is helpful thx, wasnt sure whether it needed more force or if i was doing something wrong, I gave up on it last night

but will give it another go today, got both sides to do

thx for your help

jgm · Post by **jgm** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:02 pm

I gave up after an hour wielding a big hammer and got the local garage to change mine too. They remove the driveshaft (I believe there is a circlip at the diff end) stick it in a vice and THEN belt the joint with a large hammer. They charged me £25, so when the next one is needed I'll just bypass the diy attempt entirely.

Good luck and let us know how you get on.

cheers

John

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 1:12 pm

A lump hammer AND a big brass drift is needed. The brass drift is used to "shock" the outer over the snap ring

Paulman · Post by **Paulman** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:43 pm

Sorry I didnt update you all on this one.. after two days of a lot of swearing I eventually got it off with an angle grinder! Now I realise how they come apart etc it will be a bit easier to do the other side, but I think im going to wait till it really needs doing as it was a pig of a job. Thanks for all your help

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