Skoda Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing and installing the inner CV joint Removing

–  Drive off cover and joint boot with a drift. –  Open warm-type clamp. –  Push the cover with the warm-type clamp in direction of outer joint.

–  Remove circlip with circlip pliers. –  Press the inner joint off the drive shaft.

Press off the inner joint Install –  Push the open warm-type clamp on the drive shaft. –  Push the sheet metal cover with the joint boot onto the drive shaft. –  Pay attention to the fitting position of the disc spring at the inner joint.

Fitting position of the disc spring at inner joint 1 -  Disc spring

–  Thinly coat the serration -A- with joint grease. –  Press the joint up to the stop.

Press on the inner joint   Note Chamfer on inner diameter of the ball hub (serration) must point towards the bearing collar of the drive shaft. –  Install circlip. –  Fill the joint with allowed grease quantity → Chapter. –  Clean and degrease the end faces of the joint. –  Clean and degrease the end face of the sheet metal cover for the joint boot which rests against the joint.

–  Apply sealant -D 454 300 A2- on the shaded surfaces of the cover. t  Sealant bead: apply continuously, Ø 2...3 mm, in the area of the holes from inside -arrow-. –  Push the sheet metal cover with the joint boot onto the joint.

–  Align the cover with the joint boot to the screw holes with screws -arrows-.   Note The alignment must be performed very carefully as this is no longer possible after striking it. –  Use a plastic hammer to strike the sheet metal cover with the joint boot on the joint. –  Wipe off any excess sealant, if necessary. –  Remove the protective foil from the gasket and stick the gasket into the joint from the gearbox side.

–  Insert the joint boot into the outer groove of the shaft -arrow B-. –  Install warm-type clamp.

Tighten warm-type clamp –  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.