[Built4thrashing]

The passenger side CV in my sierra is starting to get noisy so i think its time to carry a spare with me when i go wheeling. Ive got a few but they are attached to NT axles and my zooks a WT. Now ive never had to fix a CV so any tips on seperating them and putting them together would be awsome.


Cheers B4T

[steak_knife]

Do thay come off?? It`s been to long since i`ve been that deep in a sierra.
Type 1
you have the outer case, 5 to 6 ball`s in a race, then the inner race,
turn tha cv so the outer case touches the axle, on the opposite side were the inner race is sticking out, hit with hammer.
Type 2
look round the axle & inner race for a cir clip, spread said clip & tap inner race with hammer.

Makes life easier if the axle is in a vise, change it before it snap`s.

hope that help`s

[steak_knife]

this has no balls or inner race, only pic i have..

[royce]

put axle in vice

smack inner race bit with drift and big hammer

[steak_knife]

royce wrote:

put axle in vice

smack inner race bit with drift and big hammer

That`s what I said.

[Zook_Fan]

so NT CV's are the same as the WT's?

[shep]

Zook_Fan wrote:

so NT CV's are the same as the WT's?

yep but change them before they brake as this can happen.

[steak_knife]

Nice work shep.

[Zook_Fan]

anyway to physically tell the condition of a cv without actually putting it in the diff? like i pulled it out of a set of diffs that i have never had running, there is no noticable cracks or anything but what causes a cv to click? and can it be seen?

[shep]

i drove around on it for 6 or so weeks, had one wheel driving but i got sick of
this happening.

[steak_knife]

Zook_Fan wrote:

anyway to physically tell the condition of a cv without actually putting it in the diff? like i pulled it out of a set of diffs that i have never had running, there is no noticable cracks or anything but what causes a cv to click? and can it be seen?

Grab the axle in 1 hand & cv in the other, twist R & L hands in opposite directions, you should`nt feel any movement .

[want33s]

I've tried 4 times to change Sierra CV's on axles. First one went fine got old off and new on no problems...
The next 3 when removing the CV from axle decided to chew the end off the axle from the circlip groove rendering them useless.

[steve]

yer Built4thrashing, once you break a CV your axle will be stuffed aswell. So if you want to carry a spare, carry the whole CV and axle to suit.

[Built4thrashing]

Was hoping to just carry the CV as having to carry both front axles and all the other recovery and emergency spares gets a bit bulky. What tends to bust first? The CV or the end off the axle?

[shep]

when the C/V busts it spins on the axle and stuffs the spline.

[Ridge]

my front left axle makes a ticking noise only when braking, could this be the cv on the way out? ill pull it out on the weekend and check it out.