Chrysler Stratus RHD 1997 Interactive Electronic Service Manual page 89

3 - 10 DIFFERENTIAL AND DRIVELINE
DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY
DRIVESHAFT RECONDITIONING PROCEDURE
CAUTION: The outer C/V joint used on this vehicle
uses a new design for retaining the cross to the
interconnecting shaft. These driveshafts incorpo-
rate a slight twist (helical) in the spline on the inter-
connecting shaft where the cross is installed. This
twist causes a interference fit between the intercon-
necting shaft and the cross when the outer C/V
joint is installed on the interconnecting shaft. This
design eliminates the clearance between the cross
and the interconnecting shaft resulting in quieter
operation of the driveshaft assembly. This design
though eliminated the capability of removing the
outer C/V joint from the interconnecting shaft. For
this reason the driveshafts will be serviced as a
quarter shaft (outer C/V joint/sealing boot, intercon-
necting shaft and vibration damper) in the event of
a outer C/V joint boot failure.
NOTE: The only service which is to be performed
on the driveshaft assemblies is the replacement of
the driveshaft seal boots on the inner tripod joints.
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.
CAUTION: Lubricant requirements and quantities
are different for inner joints than for outer joints.
Use only the recommended lubricants in the
required quantities
assemblies.
INNER TRIPOD JOINT SEAL BOOT
REMOVAL
To remove sealing boots from driveshafts, the
driveshaft assemblies must be removed from the
vehicle. See Servicing Driveshaft 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 for
the required driveshaft removal procedure.
(2) Remove large boot clamp which retains inner
tripod joint sealing boot to tripod joint housing and
discard. Remove small clamp which retains inner tri-
when servicing driveshaft
RETAINING SNAP RING INTERCONNECTING SEALING BOOT SHAFT
pod 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 tripod joint housing
from the spider assembly, hold the bearings in
place on the spider trunions to prevent the bearings
from falling away.
(3) Slide the tripod joint housing off the spider
assembly and the interconnecting shaft (Fig. 27).
Fig. 27 Spider Assembly Removal from TripodJoint
(4) Remove snap ring which retains spider assem-
bly to interconnecting shaft (Fig. 28). Remove the
spider assembly from interconnecting shaft. If spider
assembly 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
assembly from interconnecting shaft.
Fig. 28 Spider Assembly Retaining Snap Ring
(5) Slide sealing boot off interconnecting shaft.
TRIPOD SPIDER HOUSING SPIDER JOINT
Housing
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