Intrepid V6-3.2L VIN J (1998)
Constant Velocity Joint Boot: Service and Repair
Inner Tripod Joint Sealing Boot Replacement
REMOVAL
To remove sealing boots from driveshafts for replacement, the driveshaft assemblies must be removed from the vehicle.
The Delphi-Saginaw inner tripod joints used on the LH platform vehicles use no internal retention in the tripod housing to keep the spider assembly in
the housing. Therefore do not pull on the interconnecting shaft to disengage tripod housing from transmission stub shaft. Removal in this manner will
cause damage to inboard boots.
1. Remove the driveshaft requiring boot replacement from the vehicle.
Inner Tripod Joint Sealing Boot Clamps
2. Remove large boot clamp which retains inner tripod joint sealing boot to tripod joint housing and discard. Remove small clamp which retains inner
tripod joint sealing boot to interconnecting shaft and discard. Remove the sealing boot from the tripod housing and slide it down the
interconnecting shaft.
CAUTION: When removing the spider joint from the tripod joint housing. Hold the rollers in place on the spider trunions to prevent the rollers
and needle bearings from failing away.
Spider Assembly Joint Removal From Housing
3. Slide the interconnecting shaft and spider assembly out of the tripod joint housing.
