General Information; Front Driveshaft Identification; Diagnosis And Testing Driveshaft Diagnosis - Chrysler neon 1997 Service Manual

LEFT RIGHT SIDE MANUAL TRAN- LEFT SIDE MANUAL TRAN- TRANSAXLE DRIVESHAFT INNER SIDE SAXLE DRIVESHAFT SAXLE DRIVESHAFT RIGHT TRANSAXLE DRIVESHAFT TRIPOD AUTOMATIC JOINT SIDE AUTOMATIC
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GENERAL INFORMATION (Continued)
the jounce and rebound travel of the front suspen-
sion.
On vehicles equipped with ABS brakes, the outer
C/V joint is equipped with a tone wheel used to
determine vehicle speed for ABS brake operation.
The inner tripod joint of both driveshafts is splined
into the transaxle side gears. The inner tripod joints
are retained in the side gears of the transaxle using
a snap ring located in the stub shaft of the tripod
joint. The outer C/V joint has a stub shaft that is
splined into the wheel hub and retained by a hub nut
using a nut lock and cotter pin.
NOTE: This vehicle does not use a rubber–lip bear-
ing seal as on previous front–wheel–drive cars to
prevent contamination of the front wheel bearing.
On these vehicles, the face of the outer C/V joint
fits deeply into the steering knuckle, using a close
outer C/V joint–to–steering knuckle fit. This design
deters direct water splash on bearing seal while
allowing any water that gets in, to run out the bot-
tom of the steering knuckle bearing bore. It is
important to thoroughly clean the outer C/V joint
and the wheel bearing area in the steering knuckle
before it is assembled after servicing.
INNTER TRIPOD JOINT SEALING INTERCONNECTING SHAFT BOOT SEALING BOOT MANUAL TRANSAXLE INTERCONNECT-
Fig. 2 Driveshaft Identification
INTERCONNECTING SHAFT DAMPER WEIGHT TUNED TUNED DAMPER WEIGHT AUTOMATIC INTERCONNECTING SHAFT ING SHAFT SEALING BOOT TRANSAXLE

FRONT DRIVESHAFT IDENTIFICATION

Driveshafts and driveshaft inner and outer boots
can be identified as shown in (Fig. 2). Driveshaft boot
location on the driveshaft assemblies is determined
by the number of convolutions on the driveshaft boot.
Refer to (Fig. 2) for the correct location of the sealing
boots.
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING
DRIVESHAFT DIAGNOSIS
VEHICLE INSPECTION
(1) Check for grease in the vicinity of the inboard
tripod joint and outboard C/V joint; this is a sign of
inner or outer joint seal boot or seal boot clamp dam-
age.
(2) A light film of grease may appear on the right
inner tripod joint seal boot; this is considered normal
and should not require replacement of the seal boot.
The right inner tripod joint seal boot is made of sili-
cone rubber; which will allow the weeping (sweating)
of the joint lubricant to pass through it while in oper-
ation.
SEALING BOOT STUB AXLE TONE STUB AXLE OUTER C/V JOINT OUTER WHEEL ONLY) JOINT (ABS C/V
PL