Removal

NOTE: To remove sealing boots from driveshafts, the driveshaft assemblies must be removed from the vehicle.

The inner tripod joints use no internal retention in the tripod housing to keep the spider assembly in the housing. Therefore, do not pull on the interconnecting shaft to disengage tripod housing from transmission stub shaft. Removal in this manner will cause damage to the inboard joint sealing boots.
1. Remove the driveshaft requiring boot replacement from the vehicle.
2. Remove large boot clamp which retains inner tripod joint sealing boot to tripod joint housing and discard. Remove small clamp which retains inner tripod joint sealing boot to interconnecting shaft and discard. Remove the sealing boot from the tripod housing and slide it down the interconnecting shaft.

CAUTION: When removing the tripod joint housing from the spider assembly, hold the bearings in place on the spider bunions to prevent the bearings from falling away.





3. Slide the tripod joint housing off the spider assembly and the interconnecting shaft.





4. Remove snap ring which retains spider assembly to interconnecting shaft. Remove the spider assembly from interconnecting shaft. If spider assembly will not come off interconnecting shaft by hand, it can be removed by tapping spider assembly with a brass drift. Do not hit the outer tripod bearings in an attempt to remove spider assembly from interconnecting shaft.





5. Slide sealing boot off interconnecting shaft.
6. Thoroughly clean and inspect spider assembly, tripod joint housing, and interconnecting shaft for any signs of excessive wear. If any parts show signs of excessive wear, the driveshaft assembly will require replacement. Component parts of these driveshaft assemblies are not serviceable.