Hello, John Talley here with partzilla.com. Today i'm going to walk
you through the process to swap out the boots on a CV joint. This particular one
came off a 2011 Polaris Ranger 800 crew. It's going to be similar to just about
every single CV joint out there, so the process is pretty much going to be the
same. And what we're going to be using is a kit that addresses both the inboard
and the outboard side of the CV joint. Now inside of each kit what you're going
to find is the boot the clamps and the grease necessary to repack the joint
once you get it cleaned out. Now this particular one has been split open for a
long time, so there's gonna be a lot of debris that needs to be cleaned out
before we can evaluate the joint itself and then see if we can repack it and
then put that new boot on. We want to start off by just carrying it over to
the parts washer, getting it cleaned up, I'll bring it back to the table, and then
I'll show you how to break it down and get these boots installed. So let's go.
I've got it cleaned up reasonably well. The boot that needs to be replaced on
this particular axle is actually the inboard side. Now on some manufacturers,
you'll find that the shaft-- it cannot be removed from the inner CV joint itself.
You can only remove the outer one. Instead of having this type of ring on
both ends, on the inside it actually has the circlip and there's no way you're
gonna drive past that. With the Polaris from this particular model, you can
actually take it off either end, but I want to caution you here because this
came off of that unit-- guess what? That is not actually a Polaris CV axle. Now what
really gave this one away, look at this. See the difference? Now it's just one
telltale sign that something's not right here. Look how many ridges there are
compared to what this axle has. Where did this one come from? I have no idea. It has
no markings on it. At some point in time in this vehicles history, somebody took
off the factory ones and replaced them with aftermarket. So that being said, you
need to be careful of what you're working on, because somebody may have
replaced of what you think's going to be an OEM part was something aftermarket,
and it's not going to be put together the same way as the factory image. So
let's start by taking off our clamps. Now this one actually has both types on it.
It has the type that where you squeeze it together and it makes this little
mushroom cap, but it also has this type that's actually reusable. You can grab it
with your pliers here and here pull those together and that releases the
teeth over on the far end. So now we can press it together, then bingo, she pops
right off. Not that we're going to reuse this one, but if we needed to we could.
Plan B, you may have to get a little bit more aggressive. Same pair of pliers, just
grab it from the side and pull it off. Now for the inner, there is no other
choice but to actually break it off. Same pliers,
grab it, work it back and forth till she snaps loose. There she is.
One more and then all our clamps will be off. Now what we're gonna do is pull the
outside boot back, we're gonna clean off some of this grease. The real name of the
game here is to keep everything just as clean as you can. Get as much as the old
grease out as you can, that way when we put a nice new grease they won't have
any contaminants in it. Put it in the vise, use a drift, and hit it on the very
inside and that will release this joint. And where we're aiming for is right
inside here. We want to use the drift or the punch on this area only, because we
want the actual joint to stay together, because it's already developed a wear
pattern inside and we don't want to disturb that. There we go. That's exactly
what we wanted. Now all we need to do remove your outside boot and this
offending inside boot. Now if it's had a cut for a long time and there's a
lot of dirt and debris inside, it's pretty much going to be game over
because the damage is done. This one is in good shape. It hasn't been cut that
long. What we're gonna do is clean out as much as the grease as possible, get our
boots in position, get this inner CV joint pushed back on. All we need to do is
get everything on the shaft before we put this on, because these are designed
just to slide on and then get crimped into position. You'd have a tough time
trying to get this apart to put it on after the fact. You can put on the larger
ones after the fact.
So we've got that on, go ahead and get our second boot on. We're going to put this
back on the clamp and you just line it up onto here. Make sure that that ring is
centered and still in the groove. And then a couple of taps with a soft blow
hammer should put this back into position. And that's it. Next we just need
to fill in with the grease, get some in the boot, some directly into the joint.
Now just bring up our boot over our joint. The same thing with the grease on
the inboard side. Now all we need to do is crimp the clamps. Now the tool you'll
need to do this actually grabs it, pulls it together, and pushes it down. So you
need to make sure you'll pick up one of these when you're working with this
style clamp. That's the fun part actually.
We'll go ahead and do the inboard side since we're down on this end. Make sure
you're lined up when you do this, 'cause there's no going back once you crimp it.
One more. Alright guys, there you go. Not that tough to do, just need to have a
couple of special tools and then you can do your own repairs instead of taking it to
the dealership. Well listen, if you need any parts for your machine,
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