Chrysler Concorde 1993 Service Manual page 71

clamp (Fig. 7). Tighten nut on crimping tool C-4975
until jaws on tool are closed completely together, face to
face (Fig. 8).
Fig. 7 Crimping Tool Installed On Sealing Boot
Fig. 8 Sealing Boot Retaining Clamp Installed
CAUTION: Seal must not be dimpled, stretched or out
of shape in any way. If seal is NOT shaped correctly,
equalize pressure in seal and shape it by hand.
(8) Position the sealing boot into the tripod housing
retaining groove (Fig. 9). Install seal boot retaining
clamp evenly on sealing boot.
(9) Before crimping sealing boot to tripod housing
clamp, the inner tripod joint must be at the cor-
rect stroke positioned (Fig. 10). This procedure is
required to ensure that the proper amount of air is
inside sealing boot before clamp is crimped. Failure to
perform this operation will result in inner tripod
sealing boot failure.
(10) Clamp sealing boot onto tripod housing using
Crimper, Special Tool C-4975 and the following proce-
dure. Place crimping tool C-4975 over bridge of
Clamp
SUSPENSION AND DRIVESHAFTS
Fig. 9 Boot and Clamp Positioning
Fig. 10 Proper Inner Tripod Joint Stroke Position
clamp (Fig. 7). Tighten nut on crimping tool C-4975
until jaws on tool are closed completely together, face
to face (Fig. 8).
(11) Install the driveshaft requiring boot replace-
ment back into the vehicle. See Servicing Driveshaft
in this section of the service manual for the required
drive shaft installation procedure.
OUTER C/V JOINT SEALING BOOT
REMOVE
To remove sealing boots from driveshafts for re-
placement, the drive shaft assemblies must be re-
moved from the vehicle. See Servicing Driveshaft in
this section of the service manual for the required
drive shaft removal and replacement procedure.
(1) Remove the driveshaft requiring boot replace-
ment from the vehicle. See Servicing Driveshaft in
this section of the service manual for the required
drive shaft removal procedure.
(2) Remove large boot clamp, which retains C/V
joint sealing boot, to C/V joint housing (Fig. 1) and
discard. Then remove small clamp which retains
outer C/V joint sealing boot to interconnecting shaft
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