Inner CV Joint, Checking: Assembling

-- Insert ball hub into ball cage via two chamfers. The installation position is at random. Press balls into cage.

Fig 1: Inserting Ball Hub Over Both Chamfers Into Ball Cage

Courtesy of AUDI OF AMERICA, LLC

-- Insert hub with cage and balls upright into joint piece.

• When inserting, make sure that in each case the wide gap -a- at joint piece contacts narrow gap -b- at hub after swinging in.
  Fig 2: Identifying Wide Space On Joint Housing Aligned With Narrow Space On Hub

  Courtesy of AUDI OF AMERICA, LLC
• Chamfer on inner diameter of wheel hub (splines) must face toward drive axle.

-- Swing in ball hub, to do so swing out hub far enough from cage -arrows- so that the balls have the distance of the running paths.

Fig 3: Installing Ball Hub -Arrow-

Courtesy of AUDI OF AMERICA, LLC

-- Swing in hub with balls by pressing forcefully onto cage -arrow-.

Fig 4: Installing Hub With Balls By Pressing Forcefully Onto Cage -Arrow-

Courtesy of AUDI OF AMERICA, LLC

Check the CV joint for function.

CV joint is properly assembled, if ball hub can be slid back and forth by hand over whole compensation length.

-- Press grease into joint body.

Grease Capacities and Types, Drive Axle with 100 mm Inner CV Joint, refer to GREASE QUANTITY AND TYPE .

Grease Capacities and Types, Drive Axle with 107 mm Inner CV Joint, refer to GREASE QUANTITY AND TYPE .