Skoda Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing and installing the outer CV joint Removing –  Clamp the drive shaft in a vice with protective jaws. –  Open both warm-type clamps and remove the joint boot from the outer joint.

–  Remove the CV joint from the drive shaft using a drift (copper or brass) -A-. The drift must be positioned exactly at the centre of the CV joint. Install

–  Replace circlip -1-. –  Push the joint boot and the open warm-type clamp on the drive shaft. –  Pay attention to the fitting position of the disc spring or the thrust ring on the outer joint.

Fitting position of the disc spring and thrust ring on the outer joint for vehicles up to 06.07 1 -  Disc spring 2 -  Thrust ring

Fitting position of the disc spring on the outer joint for vehicles as of 07.07 1 -  Disc spring –  Fill the joint with allowed grease quantity → Chapter.

–  Thinly coat the serration -A- with joint grease.

–  Fit the joint boot in the outer groove -arrow B-. The inner groove -arrow A- must remain visible („indentification groove“ for a correct installation of the joint boot).

–  Screw the old screw for the drive shaft, as shown, into the joint. –  Use a plastic hammer to strike the joint on the drive shaft until the circlip locks in place. –  Push the joint boot onto the joint. –  Bleed the joint boot. –  Pay attention to the correct position of the joint boot on the outer joint. The joint boot must be positioned in the groove and must rest on the contour of the joint. –  Tighten the open warm-type clamp on the outer joint.

Tighten the open warm-type clamp at the larger diameter

Tighten the open warm-type clamp at the smaller diameter –  Position the tensioning pliers as shown in the figure. Make sure the cutting edges of the pliers are positioned in the corners -arrows B- of the open warm-type clamp. –  Tighten the open warm-type clamp by turning the spindle with a torque wrench (do not tilt the pliers during this process.)   Note t  In view of the hard material (as opposed to rubber) of the joint boot, which requires the use of a stainless steel open warm-type clamp, the latter can only be tightened with tensioning pliers, e. g. -V.A.G 1682 A-. t  Tightening torque: 25 Nm. t  Use torque wrench -C-. t  Ensure that the thread of the spindle -A- of the pliers is smooth. Lubricate if necessary with grease. t  If it is not smooth, e.g. if the thread is dirty, the necessary clamping force of the open warm-type clamp is not reached at the given torque.