Skoda Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Disassembling, inspecting and assembling the inner CV joint Disassembling and inspecting the inner CV joint: Disassemble the joint to replace badly soiled grease or if the contact surfaces of the balls must be inspected for wear and damage.   Note The ball hub and joint part are paired and must be marked before removing. Do not interchange the bearing track assignment.

–  Rotate the ball hub and ball cage. –  Press the ball hub and ball cage out of the joint part in the direction of the arrow. –  Successively press out the balls from the cage.

–  Tilt the ball hub out of the ball cage over the ball bearing track -arrows-. –  Inspect the joint part, ball hub, ball cage and balls for small broken out depressions (pitting = point corrosion) and seizing marks.   Note Load alteration shocks indicate too much torsional clearance in the joint. If this is the case, replace the joint. Smoothing and bearing marks do not justify a joint replacement. Assembling the inner CV joint:

–  Insert the ball hub in the ball cage over the two chamfers. The fitting location is random. Press the balls into the cage. –  Insert the hub with cage upright into the joint part.   Note

When inserting make sure the greatest distance -a- on the joint part is close to the short distance -b- on the hub after it has been swivelled in -arrow-.

–  Swivel in the ball hub, to do so swivel the hub out of the cage -arrows- until the balls are at bearing track distance.

–  Lock the hub with the balls into position by exerting considerable pressure on the cage -arrow-. Inspecting the operation of the CV joint: The CV joint is correctly assembled if the ball hub can be rolled by hand up and down the entire linear compensation. –  Press the required grease mass into the joint part → Anchor. –  Spread any residual grease in the joint boot → Anchor. –  Installing the joint boot → Chapter.