Front Drive Shaft Removal; Front Drive Shaft Disassembly/Inspection - Honda TRX500FM Service Manual

FRONT DRIVE SHAFT
REMOVAL
Remove the knuckle (page 16-16).
To
prevent damage
Hold the inboard joint [1] of the drive shaft and tug firmly
to the differonlial
oil to force the stopper ring on the inboard joint end past
seal, hold the
the groove while prying with a screwdriver.
inboard joint
horizontal until/he
drive shaft
IS
clear
of the differential.
Remove the stopper ring [1) from the inboard joint.
DISASSEMBL YIINSPECTION
Check the boots (11 fO( cuts or other damage.
Check the drive shaft joints (2) for excessive play or
noise by moving the joints in a CIrcular direction.
If the outboard joint seems to
be
worn or damaged , the
drive shaft must be replaced.
NOTE '
To replace the ou tboard boot, first remove the
inboard boot as described in following steps.
Then remove bands and the outboard boot off the
inboard end of the shaft
The outboard joint can nol be disassembled.
FRONT DRIVING MECHANISM
Outboard
Replace the bands
Bend up the lock tabs
/11
and raise the band ends (2) to
With new ones
loosen the boot bands A [3) and B [41 on the inboard
whenever removing
side.
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them.
Remove the band B.
Remove the boot from the inboard joint.
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