Originally Posted by zadam123
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I'm confused (but then again, that's easy to do). It looks like you have everything taken apart and the whole axle assembly should slide right out the back of the hub. The splined shaft that is on the far right of you picture is actually part of the half shaft and is attached to the outer CV joint (which as far as I know can't be disassembled). Might have to give the end of the splined shaft a gentle whack with a dead blow hammer to get it to start moving. Like Billy said, as long as the inner joint at the "green cup" is disassembled it should give you enough room to remove the whole half shaft.
Saying that, if no one has told you yet; once you get the inner CV joint boot off of the "green cup" (which is actually the outer race for the inner joint and is part of the axle shaft that fits into the front third member) there is a "snap ring" that is seated into a groove about 1/4" in from the edge of the green cup. If you use a screw driver to pry it out of the grove then the ball and cage assembly of the inner CV joint should pull right out.
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Yep... what Mark said. You have more than enough torn down on the front side. Cut the band on the boot, pull the boot back, use brake cleaner to clean out most of the greese. Then locate the "wire" ring in the groove on the race about a 1/4 inch in. Pop it out with a small screw driver and the shaft, cage and balls will slide right out.
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Looks like you haven't removed the lower ball joint from the control arm yet... that's a must to seperate the half-shaft from the spindle (which I believe you're calling the cylinder).
Super VXer
Jon, I would have to, respectfully, disagree. When I replaced my front half shafts I didn't have to remove the lower ball joint to get the shaft out. Once the inner CV joint is taken apart there is more than enough room to get the whole shaft to slide out of the spindle from behind.
Umm, did we mention that? I assume (you know what they say about that) that you know the shaft needs to slide out of the spindle towards the center of the VX, but if you've never done this repair before it might not be that obvious.
'Zoid
Just looking at your picture, it appears that you have not unbolted the lower ball joint yet. This will be critical to give you the room you need to get the shaft out.
Super VXer
But without the lower balljoint unbolted from the control arm, how do you have enough room to split the inner CV from the green cup?
From my experience, there's not enough width (green cup to spindle) to pull the CV from the green cup without the ball joint disconnected. I always removed the hub and lower BJ, removed the boot clamp & retaining ring on green cup, pulled the spindle away & upward (seperating the green cup & CV), moved the free end of the half-shaft toward the side and finally pulled the halfshaft from the spindle.
If there's an alternative method, I'd love to learn it! It would save a bit of time if you don't have to remove the lower ball joint.
Last edited by VXorado : 12/30/2014 at 11:58 AM
Super VXer
Jon, you might be correct. I remember removing the lower ball joint from the passenger side when I did my half shaft swap, but I don't remember removing it from the driver side. I could swear that there was enough room with the lower ball joint still attached to get the inner CV joint taken apart. They say that the memory is the first to go so maybe I did remove the lower ball joint on the driver side.
Well, if you can't get the inner CV joint disassembled with the lower ball joint attached we'll have our answer and you'll have to remove the lower ball joint to get everything to come out. Sorry for any confusion.
Super VXer
Yep...you want to remove the lower ball joint from the control arm (4 bolts).
Super VXer
No worries Mark.
Replacing half-shaft has been one of my most common & most despised services to the VX. I suppose I'll soon forget the entire procedure.
Jon, you might be correct. I remember removing the lower ball joint from the passenger side when I did my half shaft swap, but I don't remember removing it from the driver side. I could swear that there was enough room with the lower ball joint still attached to get the inner CV joint taken apart. They say that the memory is the first to go so maybe I did remove the lower ball joint on the driver side.
Well, if you can't get the inner CV joint disassembled with the lower ball joint attached we'll have our answer and you'll have to remove the lower ball joint to get everything to come out. Sorry for any confusion.
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