Disassembling Front Drive Shaft
WARNING: This page is about a different variant/trim than selected.
WARNING:
Danger of objects or loads falling down
- Risk of squashing or crushing
- → Secure components to prevent them from falling down.
- Clamp drive shaft in the vice (use aluminum protective lows!).
- Remove hose clamp -1-
on the bellows on the wheel side and transmission side using a suitable tool.
Hose clamp (shown on joint on transmission side as an example)
- Pull housing of joint on the transmission side -1-
off the bellows -2-
.
Housing of joint on transmission side
- Remove outer circlip -1-
using suitable pliers.
Outer circlip
- Remove remaining grease from joint on the transmission side and drive shaft.
Information
Do not position brass mandrel on the 3 rollers of the joint!
- Remove the joint at the transmission side from the drive shaft using a brass mandrel by tapping it with a hammer all the way around.
- Pull both bellows off the drive shaft.
- Remove the joint at the wheel side using a brass mandrel by tapping hard with a hammer all the way around (position brass mandrel on the ball hub of the joint pin (star-shaped inner ring) -Arrow-
).
Removing joint at the wheel side