Rear Wheel Drive Shaft Inner Joint Boot Replacement

Rear Wheel Drive Shaft Inner Joint Boot Replacement

Removal Procedure

Danger: To avoid any vehicle damage, serious personal injury or death when major components are removed from the vehicle and the vehicle is supported by a hoist, support the vehicle with jack stands at the opposite end from which the components are being removed and strap the vehicle to the hoist.


Warning: Refer to Safety Glasses Warning (Safety Glasses Warning).

1. Raise and support the vehicle. Refer to Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle (Service and Repair).
2. Remove the wheel drive shaft from the vehicle. Refer to Wheel Drive Shaft Replacement (Service and Repair).
3. Remove the inner constant velocity joint. Refer to Wheel Drive Shaft Inner Joint and Boot Replacement (Wheel Drive Shaft Inner Joint and Boot Replacement).




4. Remove the inner joint boot (1) from the interconnecting shaft (2).
Discard the inner joint boot.

Note: All traces of old grease and any contaminates must be removed.

5. Clean the grease from the interconnecting shaft (2).

Installation Procedure





Note: The inner constant velocity joint NEW small retaining clamp (3) and NEW large retaining clamp (1) must not be fully tightened at this stage.

1. Install the NEW large retaining clamp (1) and the NEW small retaining clamp (3) to the NEW inner joint boot (4).
Do not fully tighten clamp.
2. Install the NEW inner joint boot (4) along the interconnecting shaft (2).
3. Install the inner constant velocity joint. Refer to Wheel Drive Shaft Inner Joint and Boot Replacement (Wheel Drive Shaft Inner Joint and Boot Replacement).
4. Install the wheel drive shaft to the vehicle. Refer to Wheel Drive Shaft Replacement (Service and Repair).
5. Remove the safety stands.
6. Lower the vehicle to the ground.