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HALF SHAFT - FRONT
CV BOOT - INNER (Continued)
LATCHING TYPE BOOT CLAMP
If seal boot uses low profile latching type boot
clamp, use the following procedure to install the
retaining clamp.
(1) Place prongs of clamp locking tool in the holes
of the clamp (Fig. 25).
(2) Squeeze tool together until top band of clamp is
latched behind the two tabs on lower band of clamp
(Fig. 26).
Fig. 25 Clamping Tool Installed on Sealing Boot
1 - CLAMP
2 - TOOL YA3050, OR EQUIVALENT
3 - SEALING BOOT
Fig. 26 Sealing Boot Clamp Correctly Installed
1 - INNER TRIPOD JOINT HOUSING
2 - TOP BAND OF CLAMP MUST BE RETAINED BY TABS AS
SHOWN HERE TO CORRECTLY LATCH BOOT CLAMP
3 - SEALING BOOT
(14) Install the half shaft back into the vehicle.
(Refer to 3 - DIFFERENTIAL & DRIVELINE/HALF
SHAFT - INSTALLATION)
Clamp
CV BOOT - OUTER
REMOVAL
(1) Remove halfshaft assembly requiring boot
replacement from vehicle. (Refer to 3 - DIFFEREN-
TIAL & DRIVELINE/HALF SHAFT - REMOVAL)
(2) Remove large boot clamp retaining C/V joint
sealing boot to C/V joint housing (Fig. 27) and dis-
card. Remove small clamp that retains outer C/V
joint sealing boot to interconnecting shaft and dis-
card. Remove sealing boot from outer C/V joint hous-
ing and slide it down interconnecting shaft.
Fig. 27 Outer C/V Joint Seal Boot Clamps
1 - SMALL CLAMP
2 - SEALING BOOT
3 - OUTER C/V JOINT HOUSING
4 - LARGE CLAMP
5 - INTERCONNECTING SHAFT
(3) Wipe away grease to expose outer C/V joint and
interconnecting shaft.
(4) Remove outer C/V joint from interconnecting
shaft using the following procedure: Support inter-
connecting shaft in a vise equipped with protective
caps on jaws of vise to prevent damage to intercon-
necting shaft. Then, using a soft–faced hammer,
sharply hit the end of the C/V joint housing to dis-
lodge housing from internal circlip on interconnecting
shaft (Fig. 28). Then slide outer C/V joint off end of
interconnecting shaft, joint may have to be tapped off
shaft using a soft–faced hammer.
(5) Remove large circlip (Fig. 29) from the inter-
connecting shaft before attempting to remove outer
C/V joint sealing boot.
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