Triple Roller Joint, Disassembling and Assembling

Triple roller joint, disassembling and assembling

Disassembling
- Open clamp on joint and slide back protective boot





- Open out plate tabs with a flat screwdriver and pry off cover.





- Mark installation position of parts -1 . . . 3 -.
- If the parts are not marked when assembling, the components are not brought back to their previous installation position then it is possible that it will be noisy when driving.

A waterproof felt tipped pen is suitable for marking.
1 - Joint piece
2 - Triple roller star
3 - Axle shaft





- Take O-ring - arrow - out of groove.
- Remove circlip - arrow - .
- Hold joint and take drive shaft out of vice.
- Insert drive shaft in press.





- Hold drive shaft, then press triple roller star off drive shaft.
- Take off Triple roller star with rollers and place on a clean surface.
- Pull joint off shaft.
- Pull protective boot off shaft.
- Clean shaft, joint and groove for oil seal.

Assembling
- Slide joint protective boot onto shaft.
- Slide joint onto shaft.





Assembling triple roller star
The chamfer on tripod star faces toward shaft, this is used as an assembly aid.
- Install triple roller star onto shaft as per markings and press in to stop.
- Insert circlip, make sure seated correctly.
- Slide joint over rollers and hold.
- Press the half of joint grease from repair set into triple roller joint.
- Press the other half of joint grease from repair set into the reverse side of the triple roller joint.
- Install joint protective boot.
- The ridge in the joint protective boot must seat in the joint groove.
- Now remove axle shaft from vice and tighten joint in vice.





- Insert new seal - arrow - from repair kit into groove.





- Install new cover to joint. Position the plate tabs on the grooved surfaces from joint - arrow - .





- The holes of the cover and joint must align.
- Install boot clamp.

Note: For a better alignment of the multi-point socket head bolts when mounting the axle shaft, it is necessary that the clamping ear of the clamp - arrow A - is placed between the fixing flanges from the joint -arrow B - .





- Tighten clamp with hose clamp pliers V.A.G. 1275 .