Town & Country V6-3.3L VIN R (2003)
Constant Velocity Joint Boot: Service and Repair
CV Joint/Boot - Inner
REMOVAL
1. Remove the half shaft requiring boot replacement from the vehicle.
2. Remove large boot clamp, which retains inner tripod joint sealing boot to tripod joint housing and discard.
3. Remove small clamp, which retains inner tripod joint sealing boot to interconnecting shaft and discard.
4. Remove the sealing boot from the tripod housing and slide it down the interconnecting shaft.
CAUTION: When removing the tripod joint housing from the spider assembly, hold the bearings in place on the spider bunions to prevent the bearings
from falling away.
5. Slide the tripod joint housing off the spider assembly and the interconnecting shaft (Fig. 12).
6. Remove snap-ring, which retains spider assembly, to interconnecting shaft (Fig. 13). Do not hit the outer tripod bearings in an attempt to remove
spider assembly from interconnecting shaft.
