newb with a cv joint / boot problem

[darthmal]

Hi guys,

hope your all well

Ive got a almera 1.6 2003 (N16 I think? ) which has recently started clicking when turning so I guess that'll be the cv joint? I know my way around cars a fair bit but needed some specific advice for the almera.

afaik its:

- loosen 32mm(?) driveshaft nut
- jack up car and use axle stands
- remove axle nut
- cut off cv boot
- pull out driveshaft from hub carrier with cv attached
- knock cv joint off end of driveshaft
- push new cv joint into hub carrier and fit axle nut to hold in place
- push cv boot onto driveshaft
- fit new circlip to end of driveshaft?
- knock driveshaft back into new cv joint
- fill boot with grease and secure to cv joint
- tighten axle nut
- drop car onto wheels and really f-tighten the axle nut!

does that sound right for the almera? as in I dont have to remove the tie rod or anything else in this process?

also does anyone have like a parts diagram of the hub assembly? or anywhere i can get one form?

thanks chaps.

 

[scott b]

will need to remove track rod end bolt and suspension bolts that go throw hub

 

[darthmal]

hhmm ... would I be able to swing the hub/cv joint out of the way of the driveshaft with the track rod and suspension still attached, cos Ive done that on other cars?
or is movement restricted on this model?

thanks.

 

[Fred]

haha, not sure about the N16, but this is my GTi, & I`d imagine it has to look summat like this to get the shaft out of the hub, but even then it was a bit of a pig!

 

[smc1985]

Hi jus wondering were the circlip us I cannot see one for the life of me

 

[chunky]

Hi jus wondering were the circlip us I cannot see one for the life of me

The Circlip is on the end of the shaft. You don't have to remove it t get the CV off it will compress itself.

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