Dear all,
My CV joints are going on my 73K ZX. I have had a look at GSF's catalogue and I can find CV boots, but no joints. Can anyone advise
where I can get the joint, do I need to get the whole drive train post differential? Also how much am I looking at to get the spares I need?
Thanks in advance,
Andy
CV joints
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AndersDK
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Stuart McB
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I have an old ZX TD passenger side drive shaft in the garage. Looking at it I can tell you that the shaft will have to come out of the gear box and you might as well replace the hole thing. On the drivers side the inner CV joint boot won't come off past the inner bearing unless you remove it and the outer one will need a litle persuasion, but can come off with a 'sharp blow' in the verticle postion. Probably easier just to buy either complete in stead of messing about.
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NiSk
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You can replace the CV joints on both sides without removing the driveshafts:
- Loosen driveshaft nut from center of wheel
- Jack up wheel, remove wheel and center nut
- Undo ball joint retaining bolt
- Prise out the ball joint from the hub
- Twist hub and push driveshaft inwards until it comes free from the inside of the hub
- Unclip rubber boot from CV joint
- Attach slide hammer and adapter to threaded end of CV joint
- Hold driveshaft (or get someone else to hold it) with one hand and draw sharply on slide hammer
You are left with a CV joint attached to the slide hammer adapter and a drive shaft with rubber boot in the other hand. This works for both left and right hand sides.
Reassembly is the reverse of removal, but you dont need the slide hammer - a light tap with a lead or copper mallet on the end of the CV threaded end will engage the spring ring.
Now, having said that, there are a number of resons why it isn't such a bad idea to withdraw the driveshaft anyway (same procedure as above, just pull out the whole shaft instead of using the slide hammer). The main reason being that the final drive oil seals (where the drive shafts emerge from the gearbox) usually start leaking after a while. They are cheap and easy to replace once the drive shaft is out. However, if you don't have any oil leaks, then especially the right hand side (with intermediate bearing) is a good one to miss if you only have CV joint wear.
//NiSk
- Loosen driveshaft nut from center of wheel
- Jack up wheel, remove wheel and center nut
- Undo ball joint retaining bolt
- Prise out the ball joint from the hub
- Twist hub and push driveshaft inwards until it comes free from the inside of the hub
- Unclip rubber boot from CV joint
- Attach slide hammer and adapter to threaded end of CV joint
- Hold driveshaft (or get someone else to hold it) with one hand and draw sharply on slide hammer
You are left with a CV joint attached to the slide hammer adapter and a drive shaft with rubber boot in the other hand. This works for both left and right hand sides.
Reassembly is the reverse of removal, but you dont need the slide hammer - a light tap with a lead or copper mallet on the end of the CV threaded end will engage the spring ring.
Now, having said that, there are a number of resons why it isn't such a bad idea to withdraw the driveshaft anyway (same procedure as above, just pull out the whole shaft instead of using the slide hammer). The main reason being that the final drive oil seals (where the drive shafts emerge from the gearbox) usually start leaking after a while. They are cheap and easy to replace once the drive shaft is out. However, if you don't have any oil leaks, then especially the right hand side (with intermediate bearing) is a good one to miss if you only have CV joint wear.
//NiSk
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dieseldan
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Andy
I had worn cv joint on my ZX TD and replaced the driveshaft(GSF) last week. Did it with a mate who has done it before and it was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. Having said that I've still got other road noises so I guess I'll have to change some bushes and rubbers at some point too!!
Good luck
Dan
I had worn cv joint on my ZX TD and replaced the driveshaft(GSF) last week. Did it with a mate who has done it before and it was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. Having said that I've still got other road noises so I guess I'll have to change some bushes and rubbers at some point too!!
Good luck
Dan