How do you take the cv joint off the axle (Page 1/1)
Markeeise MAY 23, 05:17 PM
I am replacing the outer boot and need to take the cv joint off the outer end of the axle, How do you take it off?
fishsticks MAY 23, 08:39 PM
If you tilt the joint and clean off some grease, you'll see there is a C clip you can remove. Will come apart easy after you get it.
Mark_j MAY 23, 09:11 PM
Hope this helps:
Markeeise MAY 23, 10:25 PM
I looked for the clip but couldn't find it, are all the cv joints the same, mine is an 88
Markeeise MAY 23, 10:28 PM

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Originally posted by Mark_j:

Hope this helps:




It helps a bit, but I cannot find the race retaining clip, is a 88 axle different ?
fierofool MAY 23, 10:36 PM
All Fiero axles are the same except for the length of the left side to the right side and right side manual and automatic. So, there are 3 different lengths, overall. Nothing different by year, just side to side and by transmission.
Markeeise MAY 23, 10:44 PM

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Originally posted by fierofool:

All Fiero axles are the same except for the length of the left side to the right side and right side manual and automatic. So, there are 3 different lengths, overall. Nothing different by year, just side to side and by transmission.



So there is a race retaining ring that I cannot see that needs to come off to slide the cv joint off the end of the shaft?
Mark_j MAY 23, 11:43 PM

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Originally posted by Markeeise:


It helps a bit, but I cannot find the race retaining clip, is a 88 axle different ?



The picture came from the '88 Service Manual. The snap ring is in there very close to the inner race. As the picture below shows, the snap ring may be recessed. With all the grease in there it may be very hard to see, but it's in there.
Markeeise MAY 24, 09:57 AM

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Originally posted by Mark_j:


The picture came from the '88 Service Manual. The snap ring is in there very close to the inner race. As the picture below shows, the snap ring may be recessed. With all the grease in there it may be very hard to see, but it's in there.




Thanks, I took a really close look through all the grease this morning and I believe I found it. When I get home later I will try and remove it.
theogre MAY 24, 08:11 PM
The ring won't come out.

Expand the ring to "unlock" the axle to remove that from the ball race.
Even then often still hard to pull the axle.

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