Front Half Shaft, Inner Boot - Removal

REMOVAL






CAUTION: The inner tripod joints will use a retaining clip inside the housing to keep the spider assembly in the housing. 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 halfshaft requiring boot replacement from the vehicle. Half Shaft - Removal
2. Remove large boot clamp (2)(Figure 1) that retains inner tripod joint sealing boot to tripod joint housing (3) and discard. Then remove small clamp (1) that retains inner tripod joint sealing boot to interconnecting shaft (5) and discard. Remove the sealing boot (4) from the tripod housing and slide it down the interconnecting shaft.






CAUTION: When removing the spider joint from the tripod joint housing, hold the rollers in place on the spider trunnions to prevent the rollers and needle bearings from falling away.

3. Slide the interconnecting shaft and spider assembly (2)(Figure 2) out of the tripod joint housing (1).





4. Remove snap ring (3)(Figure 3) that retains spider assembly (2) to interconnecting shaft (1).





5. Remove the spider assembly (1)(Figure 4) from interconnecting shaft (4). If spider assembly will not come off interconnecting shaft by hand, it can be removed by tapping spider assembly with a brass drift (3). Do not hit the outer tripod bearings in an attempt to remove spider assembly from interconnecting shaft.
6. Slide sealing boot off interconnecting shaft.
7. 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 halfshaft assembly will require replacement. Component parts of these halfshaft assemblies are not serviceable.