Outer CV Joint, Checking: Disassembling
WARNING: This page is about a different variant/trim than selected.
-- Mark Position Of Ball Hub To Ball Cage And To Housing Before Disassembling, Using Electro-Writer Or Grindstone.
-- Swivel The Ball Hub And Ball Cage.
-- Remove The Balls One After The Other.
-- Turn Cage, Until Two Rectangular Windows -Arrow- Contact Joint Body.
-- Lift Out Cage With Hub.
-- Swing Hub Segment With Smaller Pins Into Rectangular Window On Cage.
-- Fold Hub Out From Cage.
Checking
The Balls Of Each Joint Belong To One Tolerance Group. Check Stub Axle, Hub, Cage And Balls For Small Depressions (Pitting Build-Up) And Chafing. Excessive Circumferential Backlash In Joint Makes Itself Noticed Via Tip-In Shock, In Such Cases Joint Should Be Replaced. Flattening And Running Marks Of Balls Are No Reason To Replace Joint.