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Old 17th October 2020, 10:04 PM
MikkiJayne MikkiJayne is offline
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Did the other upright yesterday. The tie rod bolt came out with the nut method, as did the pinch bolt, so only two hours for this one.



I replaced one of the CV boots (I've shown that before) but when I checked the other shaft I noticed the outer joint was loose. Its oddly common for people to reassemble the joints incorrectly when changing a boot. I have no idea why. As usual with this issue, the spring washer and spacer were missing



Luckily I had these two spare



Boot on first, then the spring washer, then the spacer



Should look like this:



Both shafts ready to go back on



So I put them back on



That's as far as I can go with the drivetrain now, so on to the car. This has been a city car so the arches are full of cobwebs rather than dirt



Both front and rear halves of the arch liner are damaged on this side. I think its run over some road debris like a traffic cone



Clean with Gtechniq W5 all purpose cleaner



Much nicer to work in



The tie rods are utterly seized and are never coming apart



Rescued the boots as they are just fine



Luckily I had some good original inners and low mileage Lemforder outers in the box of useful things so stuck those on. Same on the other side.

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