[T3] CV concave washer

Brent Bottolfson brent at bottolfson.net
Sat Aug 20 22:42:42 PDT 2011


On 8/20/11 10:12 PM, Bryon Garvin wrote:
> ah...
> you beat me to my next question.  So, you got the circlip around the splined
> shaft and then tapped it into place?  Am I understanding?
>
> I assume the concave washer provides some resistance to pushing the CV joint
> down far enough to get the circlip on?
Yep.  First I tapped the CV onto the shaft with a plastic mallet.  The 
groove for the clip was just a tiny bit unexposed from the concave 
washer resistance.  So I used some snap ring pliers and spread the clip 
around the shaft and got it situated to where it was almost all the way 
in the groove.  Then I just tapped a bit with the socket to get it in 
the groove.
>
> Did you assemble the joint and then press onto the shaft?  Or did you press
> the inside part of the joint on the shaft and then "build" the rest of the
> joint around it?
They're already hard enough to get together, doing it on with the inner 
part on the shaft would probably make it even harder.  I put the CV 
together first, then put it on the shaft.  They really only seem to come 
apart if they're twisted from side to side, if you put it on straight up 
and down it will stay together.

I noticed on mine that the inner portion of the CV had a wear 'ring' on 
one side from the washer on all of my CV's.  So they went back together 
the same; that side also has a small chamfer to it and goes in facing 
the concave washer.  The cage is also slightly machined on one side 
which makes it a little larger than the other to get the inner portion 
in.  I don't know if it makes a difference, but I put that side also 
facing the concave washer.

Lube up the inside of the end of the boot well when you put it on the 
shaft.  Make sure that the Ottinger clamp (spelling) is on the shaft 
too, and don't crimp it until your done and get the boot situated where 
the holes line up.  I learned that the hard way on my first one.  And I 
wore latex gloves as it's a pretty greasy job.



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