I've just had a quick shufty under the ZX before the MOT later this week, and my drivers side outer CV boot is very perished, but not yet leaking grease.
OK not (yet) an MOT fail, but I'd like to change it before it splits and wrecks the joint.
The HBoL suggests taking the shaft off of the car, but has anyone done one on the car, by swinging the hub out of the way, removing the old cover, then drifting the CV off of the shaft in situ?
Can it be done this way?
ZX CV Boot replacement
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hi there, i did change my boots (on a 1.9d) by just swinging the strut out of the way as you describe(securing the strut with a tie-wrap), and pulling the old boot back up the shaft then tapping the cv joint free with a soft-headed hammer. after doing the business, i just tapped the cv joint back on and after securing the boot put the whole lot back together. ( I only did it this way to avoid having to replenish the gearbox oil...-lazy sod that i am !)
Thanks, mpr1956.
Pleased to report that I did the job in the way I suggested no problems at all. The CV came off the shaft with two taps of my heavy copper mallet.
If anyone else is planning on doing the job make sure you've got a good breaker bar and a heavy duty 35mm socket to undo the hub nut. Normal ratchets wouldn't stand a chance, it's ....T*I*G*H*T....
And take your old boot to GSF / your parts stockist as the ones fitted may not bear any resemblence to what's in the parts catalogues.
Pleased to report that I did the job in the way I suggested no problems at all. The CV came off the shaft with two taps of my heavy copper mallet.
If anyone else is planning on doing the job make sure you've got a good breaker bar and a heavy duty 35mm socket to undo the hub nut. Normal ratchets wouldn't stand a chance, it's ....T*I*G*H*T....
And take your old boot to GSF / your parts stockist as the ones fitted may not bear any resemblence to what's in the parts catalogues.