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Triple Roller Joint AAR 3300I, Disassembling and Assembling



Triple roller joint AAR 3300i, disassembling and assembling

Disassembling
- Open clamp of joint piece and slide back CV joint boot.
- Open clamp at shaft and slide back CV boot.
- Pull joint piece out of rollers of triple roller star.





- Remove securing ring.
1 - Pliers (commercially available) or Circlip Pliers VW 161 A
- Insert axle shaft in vise.





- Press triple roller star off drive axle.
- Pull off CV boot from shafts.
- Clean shaft, joint piece and groove for oil seal.

Assembling
- Slide small clamp for CV boot onto shaft.
- Slide CV boot onto shaft.

Mount triple roller star.
- Chamfer on star faces toward shaft, it facilitates assembly.





- Connect triple roller star on shaft and press on up to stop.
- Make sure that pressure does not increase above 3.0 t!
- If necessary, coat drive axle splines and triple roller star with solid lubricant G 052 142 A2.
- Insert securing ring, be sure to fit properly.
- Press 70 grams of drive axle grease from repair kit into joint piece.
- Slide joint piece over rollers and secure.
- Press 60 grams of drive axle grease from repair kit into CV joint boot.
- Install CV boot.





- Tighten large clamp using hose clamp pliers V.A.G 1275.





- Tighten small clamp using hose clamp pliers V.A.G 1275.