Help removing cv joint bolts

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by dghii

....and a retorque check at 500 miles doesn't hurt either....

If you install the bolts clean and with a dab of medium LocTite, retorquing them is not only unnecessary, it is detrimental. As we cannot realistically ask a customer to bring every car back in 500 miles, proper installation is critical to prevent a job from coming back on a flatbed.

[Tweedboru]

Hi , I found the quickest and easiest method was to undo the metal jubilee type clamp on the rubber CV boot. slide the boot back a little way, then you have direct access to the bolts. they are very tight and may need a rattler to undo. Added bonus check CV for grease.
Brian

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by Tweedboru

Hi , I found the quickest and easiest method was to undo the metal jubilee type clamp on the rubber CV boot. slide the boot back a little way, then you have direct access to the bolts. they are very tight and may need a rattler to undo. Added bonus check CV for grease.
Brian

Unnecessary. Use long Allan keys and rotate the axle to expose the bolts. Should not take more than 5 min. per side to disassemble.

[Gelbster]

Originally Posted by Tweedboru

Hi , I found the quickest and easiest method was to undo the metal jubilee type clamp on the rubber CV boot. slide the boot back a little way, then you have direct access to the bolts. they are very tight and may need a rattler to undo. Added bonus check CV for grease.
Brian

It should be an Oetiker clamp or low profile band clamp.

[dghii]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

If you install the bolts clean and with a dab of medium LocTite, retorquing them is not only unnecessary, it is detrimental. As we cannot realistically ask a customer to bring every car back in 500 miles, proper installation is critical to prevent a job from coming back on a flatbed.

Understood.

Given that the my CV boot R/R was my first, and access to a lift is not an issue, I feel it best to check my work!

All was good so perhaps it wasn't necessary but given I'd read a few threads with folks dropping a half shaft, I felt better after the check.