How hard is it changing a Cv gator?

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As the title says how hard is it changing the cv gator? Any noobs ever done it? I say noobs cos for someone who knows what there doing its gonna be fairly easy to do.:p
 
I've done it on a Classic Mini a couple of times, it is fairly easy, but if you get covered in grease then it became 5 times harder than it should have been.
 
Its messy. Let someone else do it, for your sanity. Otherwise you will be wiping lithium grease off things in your house for the next month.
 
on an old ford - disconnect lower wishbone from hub, remove mcphereson strut from pinch bolt, remove trackrod from hub. Separate hub/cv joint/driveshaft with puller, hammer, brute force etc, Buy tool to clamp gaiter tie (only ever used this once).

refitting is the reverse of removal (that's helpful ain't it?)
Tools = assorted sockets bars and torque wrench, angle grinder etc

With the time, tools and filth I'd have been better off getting a garage to do it.

Unless you really want to do it yourself, or are subscribing to the false economy of certain diy jobs, pay someone else to scuff their knuckles and get lithium grease in their hair. :D
 
You can buy wraparound cv boots that take 5 mins to install but I suspect they aren't as robust as the ones you push over the driveshafts.
 
ramirez said:
You can buy wraparound cv boots that take 5 mins to install but I suspect they aren't as robust as the ones you push over the driveshafts.
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They don't last minutes, mainly because it's very difficult to keep the glue line free from grease, and super glued joints aren't very flexible.

The stretchy boots are the best bet, saves removing the CV joint from the driveshaft and they last ok.

I suspect the OP is going to struggle unless he has the correct tools. The nut that holds the CV into the hub is quite large and typically done up VERY tight - I've had to use a 3/4" drive to shift one before now. A ball joint puller is also a good idea (though can often be bodged wothout).
 
Dogbreath said:
The stretchy boots are the best bet, saves removing the CV joint from the driveshaft and they last ok.
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These, plus one of these...

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...make things so much easier. But for the OP, pay someone else to do it.
:)
 
Cheers for the info. Looks like its a little too big of a job then :p

The car is an old Accord, not really sure if its worth spending probably more money on it then its value, hence was hoping for a diy job.
 
Those kits are awful, often more fiddly to fit then a normal boot and rarely hold together for longer then the first time you turn the steering wheel.
 
jon.bda said:
These, plus one of these...

airtool.jpg


...make things so much easier. But for the OP, pay someone else to do it.
:)
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By the time your at that stage the hard work is done! I find the fishing around in the grease for the clip the easy part of the opperation, its getting the cv out that takes the majority of the time.

As for the ones you glue together :D lol I cant begin to imagine the mess you could get into with that!
 
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