Inner Tripod Joint Sealing Boot; Inner Tripod Joint Sealing Boot Clamps; Spider Assembly Joint Removal From Housing - Chrysler 2000 LHS Owner's Manual

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DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY

INNER TRIPOD JOINT SEALING BOOT

CAUTION: Boot sealing is vital to retain special
lubricants and to prevent foreign contaminants
from entering the C/V joint. Mishandling, such as
allowing the assemblies to dangle unsupported,
pulling or pushing the ends can cut boots or dam-
age C/V joints. The LH platform driveshafts use no
retention system to retain the spider assembly in
the tripod housing. During removal and installation
procedures always support both ends of the drive-
shaft to prevent damage or disengaging tripod joint.
Therefore, do not pull on the interconnecting shaft
when attempting to remove drive shafts from vehi-
cle.
REMOVAL
To remove sealing boots from driveshafts for
replacement, the driveshaft assemblies must be
removed from the vehicle. See Driveshaft Removal
and Installation in this Group for the required drive-
shaft removal and replacement procedure.
(1) Remove the driveshaft requiring boot replace-
ment from the vehicle.
(2) Remove large boot clamp which retains inner
tripod joint sealing boot to tripod joint housing (Fig.
23) and discard. Remove small clamp which 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.
Fig. 23 Inner Tripod Joint Sealing Boot Clamps
1 – SMALL CLAMP
2 – SEALING BOOT
3 – LARGE CLAMP
4 – INTERCONNECTING SHAFT
5 – INNER TRIPOD JOINT
DIFFERENTIAL AND DRIVELINE
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. 24).
Fig. 24 Spider Assembly Joint Removal From
1 – INTERCONNECTING SHAFT
2 – SPIDER ASSEMBLY
3 – TRIPOD JOINT HOUSING
(4) Remove snap ring which retains spider assem-
bly to interconnecting shaft (Fig. 25). Then remove
the spider assembly from interconnecting shaft. If
spider assembly will not come off interconnecting
shaft by hand, it can be removed by tapping the end
of the spider body with a brass drift. Do not hit the
outer tripod bearings in an attempt to remove
spider assembly from interconnecting shaft.
(5) Slide failed sealing boot off the 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 the
assemblies are not serviceable.
INSTALLATION
NOTE: The inner tripod joint sealing boots are
made of silicone rubber which is soft and pliable.
The replacement sealing boot MUST BE the same
type of material as the sealing boot which was
removed.
Housing
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