CV Gator replacement

[Richard]

Does anyone know how to split the outer CV joint on the drive shaft? I have disassembled the shaft from the car and now need to fit the new gator to the shaft. The CV housing has a lot of hammer marks arounfd the edgefrom when the job has been done in a garage before, but this seem a bit drastic. Any help would be useful, thanks.

Richard

 

[sonic]

hammering the rear of the joint is the only way to split the joint really, just be careful not to hit the inner bearing race, only the outer casing.

 

[Swiper]

use a copper hammer so as not to damage the joint. i always get someone to push the shaft towards the gearbox as i tap the outer joint off, so i don't remove entire shaft from box or seperate inner cv joint.

 

[sonic]

He's already took the shaft off the car though, best bet is put the shaft in a vice before knocking the joint off now, and use a new circlip when you replace the joint if you can.