Disassembly And Assembly Driveshaft Recondition; Inner Tripod Joint Seal Boot - Chrysler neon 1997 Service Manual

HUB AND BEAR- ING STUB NUT LOCK
3 - 8 DIFFERENTIAL AND DRIVELINE
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)
Fig. 23 Front Hub To Stub Shaft Nut Installed
Fig. 24 Spring Washer, Nut Lock And Cotter Pin
Installation
(16) Check for correct fluid level in transaxle
assembly. Refer to Group 21 Transaxle, for the cor-
rect fluid level checking procedure for the type of
transaxle being checked.
(17) Lower vehicle.
DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY
DRIVESHAFT RECONDITION
NOTE: The only service that is to be performed on
the driveshaft assemblies is the replacement of the
driveshaft seal boots.
If any failure of internal driveshaft components is
diagnosed during a vehicle road test or disassembly
of the driveshaft, the driveshaft will need to be
replaced as an assembly.
NOTE: Lubricant requirements and quantities are
different for inner joints than for outer joints. Use
only the recommended lubricants in the required
quantities when servicing driveshaft assemblies.
AXLE WASHER "PULL" COTTER PIN THROUGH HUB NUT "WRAP" TIGHT AND
See (Fig. 25) for the exploded view of the front
driveshaft components.

INNER TRIPOD JOINT SEAL BOOT

REMOVAL
To remove sealing boot from driveshaft for replace-
ment, the driveshaft assembly must be removed from
the vehicle. See Servicing Driveshaft in this section
for the required driveshaft removal and replacement
procedure.
The inner tripod joints use no internal retention in
the tripod housing to keep the spider assembly in the
housing. Therefore, do not pull on the interconnect-
ing shaft to disengage tripod housing from transmis-
sion stub shaft. Removal in this manner will cause
damage to the inboard joint sealing boots.
(1) Remove the driveshaft requiring boot replace-
ment from the vehicle. See Servicing Driveshaft in
this section for the required driveshaft removal pro-
cedure.
(2) Remove large boot clamp that retains inner tri-
pod joint sealing boot to tripod joint housing (Fig. 26)
and discard. Then remove small clamp that retains
inner tripod joint sealing boot to interconnecting
shaft and discard. Remove the sealing boot from the
tripod housing and slide it down the interconnecting
shaft.
CAUTION: When removing the spider joint from the
tripod joint housing, hold the rollers in place on the
spider trunions to prevent the rollers and needle
bearings from falling away.
(3) Slide the interconnecting shaft and spider
assembly out of the tripod joint housing (Fig. 27).
(4) Remove snap ring that retains spider assembly
to interconnecting shaft (Fig. 28). Remove the spider
assembly from interconnecting shaft. If spider assem-
bly will not come off interconnecting shaft by hand, it
can be removed by tapping spider assembly with a
brass drift (Fig. 29). Do not hit the outer tripod
bearings in an attempt to remove spider assem-
bly from interconnecting shaft.
(5) Slide sealing boot off interconnecting shaft.
(6) Thoroughly clean and inspect spider assembly,
tripod joint housing, and interconnecting shaft for
any signs of excessive wear. If any parts show
signs of excessive wear, the driveshaft assembly
will require replacement. Component parts of
these driveshaft assemblies are not serviceable.
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