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Originally Posted by SilverSSS
So, looking at the job, you would just need to disconnect the UJ from the Trans, then remove it, right? Then slide the new boots down to the wheel end, and replace the trans end after re-attaching the UJ and torquing it back to the trans? No Need to remove the axle bolt at the wheel, correct?
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Incorrect. The boots slide over the axle, ahead of the CV joints, so to replace them, the axle comes out of the car, and the CV joints come off. You will find there is little to no room to do what you describe while it is still in the car.
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Last edited by JFP in PA; 08-06-2016 at 07:14 AM.
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