Cv joint

[Monkeyboy76]

Help. I've got to the point where I need to tap the cv joint of the shaft and I just can't shift it. Any help appreciated as I need to ha tut done today

 

[Matt268uk]

Can you get a joint splitter from somewhere ? halfords ?

 

[Monkeyboy76]

One of those with a point on that you wind in?

 

[Matt268uk]

Or the one that looks like a big forked wedge that you hammer in

 

[Jimboginge]

Matt, you might be thinking of a ball joint splitter there.
I had to do CV boots for MOT recently, I found the best way to remove the joint, was to remove the driveshaft from the car and set it up in a vice to work on. It will probably require quite some force to remove the joint, a 'tap' as it says in Haynes just won't do it!
Be prepared for the balls falling out too, work somehwere well lit and clean so you can find them if they go walkies.
Also, a good time to refurbish the joint itself, give it a good clean up and reinstall with a new boot kit, new grease, circlip and hubnut/bolt.

 

[Matt268uk]

Your right. My bad

 

[ahtcap]

Not sure how your driveshaft is fixed to the hub, but if its by a long 3 inch bolt you maybe able to screw the bolt back in and pop off the cv joint.
If its like this.

 

[Monkeyboy76]

Thanks for the help chaps. What a b£&@€$d to get off. Had to really knock the sh1t out of only to find I'd been supplied the wrong boot so it's still in the vice at the moment