Esteem & Swift: Reassembly
- Grease outer CV joint fully. Position boot on shaft and fill inside of boot with about 3 ozs. (90 g) of grease. Install inner CV joint boot onto axle shaft. Install inner CV joint onto shaft, ensuring smaller outside diameter of cage faces outer CV joint.
- Install snap ring into shaft groove. Fill inside of boot with grease. Attach boots using boot bands. Ensure boot band clamp end is bent in a reverse direction of rotation. If boots are distorted or dented, correct before installing on vehicle.
- To install center bearing and shaft, reverse removal procedure. Install circlip securely into groove of bearing support. Apply grease to oil seals.