Cutlass V6-191 3.1L VIN M SFI (1998)
Constant Velocity Joint Boot: Service and Repair
Wheel Drive Shaft Inner Joint and Boot Replacement
DISASSEMBLY PROCEDURE
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Tools Required
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J 8059 Snap Ring Pliers
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J 38868 Stub Shaft Removal Tool
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J 6125 Impact Slide Hammer
IMPORTANT: The transaxle stub shaft may disengage from the transaxle during axle tripot removal. If this condition occurs, transaxle fluid may
leak from the transaxle through the stub shaft location.
1. Perform the following steps if the transaxle stub shaft has disengaged into the female tripot housing on removal from transaxle.
2. Remove the snap ring from the stub shaft. Discard the snap ring.
IMPORTANT: Never reuse the old snap ring.
3. Connect J 38868 to the snap ring groove on the stub shaft. Connect an impact slide hammer J 6125 to the stub shaft removal tool.
Connect J 6125 to the stub shaft removal tool.
4. Use the slide hammer to remove the shaft from the tripot housing.
5. Install new snap rings onto the stub shaft.
IMPORTANT: Do not cut through the drive axle inboard seal to avoid damage to the seal of the outer housing and the trilobal tripot bushing.
6. Remove the seal retaining clamp from the axle shaft with a side cutter. Discard the seal retaining clamp.
7. Remove the larger seal retaining clamp from the tripot joint with side cutter and dispose.
8. Separate the drive axle inboard seal from the trilobal tripot bushing at the large diameter.
9. Slide the seal away from the joint along the axle shaft.
10. Remove the housing from the tripot joint spider and the axle shaft (1).
11. Spread spacer ring (2) using J 8059.
12. Slide the spacer ring (3) and tripot joint spider (2) back on axle shaft (4).
13. Remove the axle shaft retaining ring (1) from the groove on the axle shaft (4).
