What was in the workshop last week? Stephen's black Final Edition

[MikkiJayne]

As this is a Mackie's gearbox, I'm not touching it I contrived this arrangement to replace the ATF lost when the cooler lines were removed from the radiator. Attach the lower cooler line, pour ATF in the funnel until it stops taking it, then put the upper line back on.



Both CV boots needed replacing



Clips removed



Cut the boot in half and remove it



A sharp whack to the centre of the joint with a chisel and lump hammer will pop it off the circlip



Slide the joint off the splines



The circlip is on the left. The plastic bushing and cup-spring on the right hold the joint tightly on the splines. These all get replaced



With the hardware removed, I put a plastic bag over the splines so the boot slides on without getting caught on any sharp edges





New circlip, bush and cup-spring



Rotate the shaft to vertical for the next bit



New grease



The joint is just sitting on the end of the spline now



Put a spare bolt in the end of it to use as a drift



Another sharp whack with the lump hammer knocks it over the circlip and it's locked in position again



The new boot is held in place with the proper crimp clips. Any mechanic who uses cable ties on CV boots should have his tools confiscated



This is the proper tool for crimping the clips



On to the other side. Not only was this boot held on with a cable tie, but whichever donkey had messed with it had beaten on the outer joint with a hammer and not bothered to to replace the bushing or cup spring so the joint was loose on the spline I assembled it properly of course. It is trivial to do this stuff properly, and a OEM GKN Lobro CV boot kit is £10. Why bodge it?