Grand Voyager V6-3.0L VIN 3 (1998)
Constant Velocity Joint Boot: Service and Repair
Inner Tripod Joint Seal Boot
REMOVAL
To remove sealing boots from driveshafts, the driveshaft assemblies must be removed from the vehicle. See Driveshaft for the required driveshaft
removal and replacement procedure.
The inner tripod joints 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 the inboard joint sealing
boots.
1. Remove the driveshaft requiring boot replacement from the vehicle. See Servicing Driveshaft for the required driveshaft; removal procedure.
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 tripod joint housing from the spider assembly, hold the bearings in place on the spider trunions to prevent the
bearings from failing away.
Spider Assembly Removal From Tripod Joint Housing
3. Slide the tripod joint housing off the spider assembly and the interconnecting shaft.
Spider Assembly Retaining Snap Ring
