TobyBrindley#12

Has anyone got a rough guide? I know roughly what im doing but would help if i had something to follow.

Thanks in advance

Toby

GVK.

Drive shaft gaiter?

Steering rack gaiter?

TobyBrindley#12

drive shaft gaiter sorry

GVK.

With car on ground slacken the centre hub nut (30/32mm) get someone to put it in gear and hold foot on brake while you slacken it. It's tight.

Slacken wheel nuts.

Jack up car, axle stand under chassis.

Wheel off.

On the bottom ball joint there's a torx TX50 bolt with 17mm nut, remove nut and bolt.

Get a chisel and spread out the slot in the hub where the ball joint fits in.

Remove ball joint from hub, tap it down, may need a big lever in as well.

Now you need to remove the drive joint from the hub, it will usually be tight in the hub on the splines, use a copper hammer, if you use a normal hammer it may damage the drive joint.

Once you get the driveshaft out of the hub, cut off the old gaiter and you should see a circlip with two legs on which holds the joint on the shaft, spread apart the clip,with circlip pliers then the joint should pull off the shaft, you may need to tap it off with a hammer.

Once the drive joint is off, fit new gaiter and clips, grease the joint and refit the joint on the shaft.

Put it all back together, job done.

I don't know the torque for the hub nut off by hand.

Should fit a new hub nut and knock the outer part into the recess on the shaft, to lock the nut.

TobyBrindley#12

thanks, I did manage to do it myself but it took ages as the driveshaft popped out the gearbox

all done now though

thanks guys