Passanger Drive Shafts, Cv Boots And Joints....

[kidafa]

Allrighty... I've had a split cv boot for a while know as some may be aware about threads on pulling shaftsDRIVE SHAFT REMOVAL and post from other bits and pieces in regards to boots...

Firstly removing the shaft doesnt just involve:

• Remove hub nut (its a 36mm masive f**ker for future reference all)
  
• Remove bolt to sway bar
  
• Remove 2 bolts for lower ball joint
  
• Remove 6 bolts holding shaft in
  

You also need to:

remove strut/coil over unit

remove two bots on the end of the arm the lower ball joint joins to

get a second set of hands and STRONG arms to move the hub while you yank on the shaft in all directions trying to figure how the f**k this thing comes out and then ocne you get it out leaves you wondering how the hell your gonna get it back in!

Anyway you've pulled the shaft out. Its messy your allready in a shit of a mood cos its suck a prick to get out and your not even at the problem yet!

As your well prepared you've done prior research on the forums and got the boot kits with straps and grease at the ready so you dont have to have you mode of transport of the road... You have used THIS thread as a reference to part numbers... Once cutting the old split inner boot off you realise you shouldn't rely souly on internet forums for part numbers as those started are not gonna fit for the inner on the passanger side as where it bolts to the front diff is different to the driver side... DUUUUHHH!

ok ill leave it their and continue in the morning as the woman has arrived.... SIGH :S hope she doesnt read SAU!

[chef_stagea]

get her to yank ur driveshaft in all different ways.. might make it a little better!...

im guessing u had loads of fun then!

[GoldZilla]

LOL at Adam - good suggestion!

[Duncan]

gtr/stagea driver's side driveshaft....one of those jobs you give to a mechanic because its just not worth it

[fat-lad]

wernt too bad when i done mine,

[kidafa]

OK! MORNING ALL!

So you've got the shaft out old ruined boot cut off, your the definition of a grease monkey and its time to attempt to get into the join itself.

So to remove the bearings and holder A from the splined shaft B you must remove a circlip up the top holding it on. Internal circlip pliers and its an easy job just dont loose the f**ker!

You get the circlip off then realise that the bearing unit is pressed f**kING hard onto the splined shaft. So what you do is grab a mallet hold THE SHAFT in the centre NOT on the end/ other joint and smack it off.

The mistake I made was for the last blow to get it off i held the shaft on the other end of the opposite cv joint, on the last smack the bearings came off the spline and the other cv joint (with fine boot that needed ZERO attention) seemed to dislocate itself.... MOTHER f**kER!

So I remover the straps of the the good boot as i dont want to cut it of as its perfectly fine. Ive manage to snap some kind of clip i believe that holds that joint on the shaft. Any one have any idea how to remove the joint thats closest to the wheel on the shaft?

So I've cleaned everything up and will get the old man to drop the shaft to a shaft specialist tomorrow as im working. Thankfully my brother will lend his ACTUAL volvo to me to drive to work in. Dono how much it will cos me as im not sure if the outside cv just needs a new clip and regrease or if I've Farked it. Thankfully I was attempting this more as a learning curve than to save coin... But I stress dont do cv's or boots yourself if you dont have to!

For future reference these are the Nissan Part numbers for the cv Boots for a Series 1 RS4:

Rear boot kits X4 39741-05U28

Front right outer and Front left outer 39241-50A92 (supplement BY18E-61209)

Front right inner 39741-02A90

Front left inner 39741-05U85

Pity I didn't find these part numbers earlier as I would have realised the boots weren't the same for passenger and drivers side shafts..

Most annoying is its 32 degrees here today on Sunday I usually work but had someone lined up to cover me to take the jet ski out as a mates taking his out... But the stags the tow car

[BensDR30]

Lol Chris.

After trying to repair a CV boot on a mates '85 Civic about 14 years ago, I decided that;

a) I'd never get a front wheel drive

and

b) I'd never try to secure a new CV boot myself - it was a shit of a job, and I'm sure it still leaked when we were done...

Getting an AWD kind of stuffed up the first rule, but the second still applies!

(I get all CV repairs done professionally, it's not expensive and worth the 'hassle reduction factor'.)

[Duncan]

exactly right its a prick of a job. they guys we use charge 75 per shaft for reco (clean, check, new boots, regrease). Easy to do with the right tools, easy to break something expensive without....

[kidafa]

gtr/stagea driver's side driveshaft....one of those jobs you give to a mechanic because its just not worth it

No joke why didnt you tell me before!! haha

wernt too bad when i done mine,

Well mine were a PRICK. Saying that im not a mechanic but far from it! Have done numerous car things on stags like timing belts 26 turbos ect but ehhh drive shafts and CV's NO THANK YOU!

As ive gone this far with it I'd be fine doing it again as I now know what not to do (aka dislocate the opposite cv) but if Id go to the effort or not... Im unsure.. Sure Id take the shaft out and give it to the specialist to save on R & R but yeah .....

[kidafa]

easy to break something expensive without....

DONT SAY THAT!!!! :'( Ill chuck the digi cam battery on charge, zip to the gym and get some photos of the aftermath!!! haha

Ben: No joke, CV's are bullshit ehhhh! so freaking annoying why didnt you post in the thread about me asking how to remove shafts not to try it!!!

[BensDR30]

***crickets***

[kidafa]

Ok so home from gym while taking some snaps the nextdoor neighbour was walking passed and came down into the shef to have a peak ( He's an X RAA mechanic!!! ) Apparently I haven't broken anything and I should be able to get it all sweet myself now I've had some advice!!

Will post up pics after work

[stageaharts]

He he he, sounds like you're having a dandy time Chris, I would pay a million buck to have been in the garage whilst all this was going on Excellent info you are posting up though, it's going to be the ultimate CV R & R thread! Make sure you pop past for a chat sometime after it's done... or maybe we can check out mine this week!

harts.

[kidafa]

He he he, sounds like you're having a dandy time Chris, I would pay a million buck to have been in the garage whilst all this was going on Excellent info you are posting up though, it's going to be the ultimate CV R & R thread! Make sure you pop past for a chat sometime after it's done... or maybe we can check out mine this week!

harts.

Mate you did not want to be ANYWHERE near the garage when this was going down! haha Even better once I had gotten as far as I could I had to get straight into the shower to get ready for grandparents 80th.... Was so filthy I stood in the shower and my brother sprayed my back with degreaser and scrubbed it with a brush (was 36 degrees that day plus heat from car worked topless)

More Boot info in relation to a Series 1 RS4 Passenger inner boot:

Original part number: 39741-058U7 (now superseded)

New part number: 39741-05U85

Cross references with a D22 Nissan Navara thats Thailand built

[BensDR30]

There's too much brotherly love going on there...

[kidafa]

There's too much brotherly love going on there...

No not really he still managed to make it f**king pain full. Scrubbing hard enough with the brush to make a few small cuts then ENSURING he got citrus degreaser in them prick.

[kidafa]

IT IS DONE!

Finished it off this morning instead of going in for a few lectures. The boot I ended up using was a Repco boot kit part number 100-017 . It wasnt a perfect fit but its pretty dam good and only cost me $12.00, compared to the $70 nissan wanted. Ive taken it for a drive and have done full lock circles each way and theirs no obscure sounds or anything. Am yet to look under neat to see how the boot looks and if its weeping at all haha, will give it a few 100 k's and ill suss it out.

My advice; Pay someone to do it.....

[-RBD2-]

paying someone else to do it,excellent advice chris!

ill give you 100bucks to do my passanger side boot chris...

[kidafa]

blow me

[Tangles]

not for a hundred, no thanks

mate, cv/driveshaft joint does it for $110 i think

no way Id do that job myself. nup