How to replace a CV boot with the over-the-joint method
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- How to easily replace a CV boot without dismantling the joint, using a cone tool and an universal CV boot. All stages step by step.
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Haven’t seen this much “NOPE!” in any one TH-cam video in quite a while. Thank you.
If you take a bigger cone, then there’s no need to remove a wheel!
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I haven't laughed so hard in years 😂😂😂
It’s funnier if you say it in a female robotic voice!
Lmao
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pro tip! You can remove the clamps by turning the wheel so you can see the connection point for the clamps, then you can just pinch it with a tang :D
LOTS EASIER TO PULL THE AXLE, PULL THE JOINT OFF THE SPLINES, CLEAN AND INSPECT, PUT NEW BOOT ON SHAFT, REINSTALL JOINT, REINSTALL AXLE. THE WAY SHOWN GAURANTEES THERE WILL BE CONTAMINANTS INSIDE THE BOOT.
This looks handy, BUT only in case this is your only option. Personally, i will always prefer to remove the CV joint and replace the boot this way - it is cleaner and does no require all that lubrication. Plus, you can inspect the CV joint itself. Overall, it looks like you know what you are doing - using the torque wrench, using thread lock, etc. but that cone should be a plan B type of action. :)
Right my 56 year old finger just won’t work like that. Much easier to just separate it.
This is a great and simple way to remove and replace a cv boot. Thanks for the video.
Not really, all he had to do was take 10 secs to knock off the CV joint, Boot slips on, done....
If it ain't broke, this channel will "fix it" until it is.
Just a few extra tips.
Hitting the ball joint side usually works. Never hit the ball joint stud without the nut at its end with light taps & only if you have to. Clamp type separators are better than "pickle" forks but can also cut the boot. Most can be pushed down with your thumbs. Clean axle splines w/a high rpm wire wheel & grease. It'll go back thru the hub easier.
Thanks;
Very good ,
Except you don't
have to remove the
brake caliper at all .
On my car it was cheaper to just replace the whole axel than buy two replacement boots. But it is also easy to separate at the second joint and slide both boots on, assuming you can get the right parts.
Yeah I just did my axle instead of replacing the boot.. Inner boot = $26, Outer boot = $22. Whole Axle = $68.. Idk how long it has been running with the busted boot and being in rust belt, I did not feel like $48 fix (rebooting) was worth the $20 saving over just replacing the axle all together..
I've replaced the driver side axle 3 times and they all vibrate like the cv joints are bad. I replaced the oem part, not because it was bad or vibrating, but because I had the new part when the rest of the suspension was rebuilt. Now, I want to put the OEM unit back in with new grease and boots. At least it was not vibrating.
@@hemizon1I'm doing the same. Putting my original axle back with the new boot. These cheap Chinese made crap are crap.
You made that look like hard work, I'd rather take the cv joint off the shaft because for me its the easier way.
Totally agree, knock off the cv joint and put on a proper boot, job done!
Great video! Nice steady camera and bright lighting. The voice-over is a nice touch and it sounds very professional-like. The use of the lubricant and brush in the pail is a neat and useful tip. Thank you!
Yeah but "drift shaft"? Ffs
Well documented and very helpful. Thought of replacing entire drive shaft but only the boots are cracked. Where can we buy this tool? I didn't know it would stretch that much. Like delivering a baby.
Only flimsy universal boots will stretch this much. I got a normal boot and this tool and it didn't work.
It doesn't look like an easy job.
I couldn't get the steering rack out of the disc brake.
Steering joint.
7:33 This video should be renamed. Replace split CV boot with another split CV boot.
It took 3 1/2 days to do, by then I had replaced a motor in two cars lol. man you made it look so hard.
Hahaha
Omg....You deflower that cv boot.lol
This is painful to watch. Do you always do things so complicated?
Kenji Brian Kitagawa yes is good way to rip new boot cover!!
Easier just to replace the whole axle.
I'm not doing all that just change the c.v shaft. I changed my c.v shaft without jacking up my truck.
@@onewhoknowsrevenge6807 agreed. gotta take all that shit apart anyways.....
@@onewhoknowsrevenge6807 depends what kind of car is. You know some car will leak gear oil if you remove the driveshaft. And there are special boots for the insert over and cost 7$...wich you can use with a pneumatic tool wich cost 100$ (or this cone).
If the outer joint won't separate and the inner is in good condition it may in some circumstances be worthwhile using this method which also would negate having to disturb the transmission seal (if the car has one) however you should clean out the joint as much as possible before repacking and when lubing the cone use the CV grease not engine oil.
I do outer boots still on the car, I'm just careful to not pull the shaft while I tap off the joint, a mate or maul grips and cable ties usually work!
You can get split CV boots now which glue together, they make sense (although I wouldn't personally install one a non mechanic without specialist tools could use one which is cool) but this, as he's cracked the ball joints anyway I don't get why he wouldn't just pull the joint and clean the greese, inspect the snap ring and all that, this is madness in my eyes......
which one is responsible for oil leak, is it the outter or innner?
@@N.Looping Inner seal has gone if it leaks oil , check transmission oil .
thanks for the info...thanks for shared knowledge.... its a blessing... God bless
Great education video. But I would have just replaced the whole driveshaft with new boots already installed.
$20 verse $200 plus in most vehicle cases.
I was laughing at the comments until I saw the positive comments. Then I laughed harder.
He’s heavy breathing because lady “robot voice” won’t let go of his xxxxx until the job is finished! She’s got a tight grip!!!
Nice video! Next time I'd put antisieze on the shaft and the threads to the nut shaft . Bravo
44 years a mechanic, that wheel bearing looks as if it's been toasted,all that work ,easier to remove the joint if it has a clip that's accessible, if not remove the complete shift, strip inner joint and put new boot on from inner side,no need in most cases to disturb shocker bolts,disconnect lower ball joint,and he didn't decrease and pressure clean,untidy work.
Nice vid but I would just replace the axle less mess and you won’t have to worry about it for a long time..thanks for sharing!!
Basketball Ave CV boots cost about $15 as opposed to $200 for a whole axle , its your money though waste it how you want
Thanks for your sharing knowledge!
I get the concept of using a pull over boot like this but it can’t be good on the boot to stretch way beyond its intended size. And if it’s that flimsy it probably won’t last very long.
I’ve see split boots that if done right look like they would be a better replacement.
Great video. Thank you.
Excellent video
Thanks for the video ❤
Very good job
thought he was making a flesh light for a minute
😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Great 👍 I did it very easy thnx
Holy shit, just undo the snap ring.
This poor CV boot. It's been goatse'd!
If you are going to go this route (I don't recommend). Just get those shit split boots and use an excess amount of bonding glue and finish it off with rubber temflex tape. It's literally a 30 minute job however takes 24 hours to cure
My God, a Butt Plug for cars!
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i use glue together types.so simple and quick and they last years
This video is filled with "what not to do's". How good will that boot seal with dremel damage and screw driver prying? Joint now contaminated and was not cleaned nor re-lubed. If the CV is salvageable just take it off, clean, lube and install the boot the easy way. On a bench where can keep it clean in the process.
I used a plastic kids horn from dollar stop as a conne it worked perfect
i think he mix dust n grease for get the over performance..tq
If it was me i would buy new cv axle cheap ynder 100
Using a cone: Lubricate external of new boot. Slide small end over the cone. Push down to turn new boot inside out. Push larger end of boot that is inside out over drive shaft. Stretch the smaller end over the wide area of the cone? Will it stretch that much without tearing? Pull the wide end of boot back over the shaft, turning it outside out. I have the Car Quest outer boot. The smaller diameter WILL NOT stretch that much. I have both the inner and outer boots, but Car Quest has the same part number for both. For my "93 Jimmy, it is 85 1103. But one boot is longer than the other.
Did I miss something? This is not my first rodeo. I replaced both inner and outer boots for both sides after I bought the Jimmy in 1997 . I removed both axles to replace the boots. It seems that it wasn't that hard 24 years ago.
One vid mentioned that when gaiter/boot NOT of the stretchy type, a regular item can still be manipulated over the cone with the aid of pre-heating.
What happened to just using a brass hammer to just knock off the joint end and then sliding on the boot, much easier to many of us?
Use a oxy acetylene cutting touch to get the clip off
very good!
This seems like a huge clusterfuck.
Spot on my friend,what a total fuck up this is.
4 dollar oil funnel will also do.
Buy a cv boot split.
This should be a video of what NOT to do, Dam guy grab a pair of snap ring pliers (work smart not hard) or take it to a shop
you funny!
Why do people pull when torquing when pushing is much easier.
by the time it got on its time to be replced again because it almost ripped off.
Filthy, messy job, easier and cleaner to take driveshaft out, your almost there as it is !!
All this mess just for not taking the cv driveshaft out of the car? And that flexible boot looks like its not going to last more than a couple of months. Free advice: If you´re looking for guidance about how to repair a leaking cv joint boot do not follow this video!
Most CV shafts either have a cotter pin that you have to knock out or requires you to hit it from the backside out of the transmission. In my case while I was replacing a lower a arms with a ball joint in tact, using a fork it nicked the boot enough that grease was coming out of it. So for me personally I found it easier just to replace the boot then taking out the whole shaft
Take it steady on the guy he’s having a go with what tools he has and he did it job sorted so what’s wrong with that
Personally I prefer the old way. This is to much hassle. I tried it several years ago. By the sounds in this video instruction you also need an Oxygen cylinder. However good video.
lol. indeed. and your comment made my day
Lol very true! and a whole new wardrobe, his clothes are ruined by the excess handling of grease
@@floydkingi4364poisonous if I what I read is true. Should have warned about that here
lol... I don't think that CV boot is supposed to stretch that much! Note the HOLE at 7:36 !!! LOL!
Paul Gibbons that’s no hole
@@LuxxyHD Yes! at 7:32 you just see the top edge of the white label through the hole as it spins around. Looks like it got torn on edge of the control arm when he put his foot on the cone and pressed everything on the arm then kept forcing the boot
I don't like this procedure. Why not clean old grease on CV joint and put new again?
Back when I worked in a transmission shop we did 4 transmissions a day fwd mostly that's 8 times in and out with the boss yelling hurry hurrrrrryyyy all dam day at me lmao so whole transmission R.R about half hour In and out on a lift so huge difference in a lift and yes take the cv out to work on it twice as fast sometimes it's just faster to take them out my old boss would have beaten me for this kind of work
OMG!! I got aggravated just watching this. All that work. And “special” tool. Cut the old off. Pull the retainer clip take cv apart. Clean it up put new boot on put back together. Done! Bad simply bad idea!
not being a smart ass but sometimes you cannot get the cv joint off the axel. Ive had a lot of them lately and you can beat it till the cows come home and they will not come. I just replace the axel
I agree. This is the most retarded way of doing a cv boot. Absolute mongaloid way of going on.
Greg Cobert The joint itself pulls right apart. No need to beat anything.
Im a mechanic 25 years and ive never seen so much aggro doing a cv boot,ive used methods like this before and the cv boots are rubbish,itll be burst again in less than a year,just do the job correctly and use the proper boots,job done!!!
What? Take off the CV using special tools. This is so much easier it's worth a shot
Maybe it's just me but it's much easier to remove one teeny weeny circlip and pull the cv orf than doing an Arnie workout with a donkeys condom, no❓
There is the added benefit of cleaning out the driv shaft cv joint.
But that's just me I guess. At least the brake disc got a bath. 👍😉
Ok, first of all, why are you using those gloves? Use disposable and change them once your hands get too greasy. Secondly, Dude, you struggled needlessly getting it off the cone if you have just let it reverse it'self as you pushed it off, it would have saved you a step.
I use kevlar gloves like that every day at work they are fine
Why is he breathing so heavily?
😂 I was half expecting Homer Simpson to walk up shouting "CRUSTY WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO MY CAR"??? Doh
07:33 - 07:36 - there is a hole in a brand new CV shaft boot already. Its kinda hard to see, but its 100% there. Try 0,25x speed. Its there - its hard visible, because the cone itself is dark, but...
I get it. Its very hard to do it that way, but...This was not successful.
Nice catch!
OMG, the hole in the cv boot at 7:34 :O
I don't think that was a hole I think it was just some grease, I hope so anyways.
You can pretty clearly see that the surface in the hole isn't moving, and is 99.999% likely to be the CV boot tool. As soon as he started stretching that thing I said "NOPE. NOT DOING THAT."
Holy crap. You can hear it tearing too. That is a hole, you can see it expanding a few seconds before he turns it around. On top of this I don't see them cleaning off some of the old grease. If there is any dirt or debris in the axle then you're gonna have to replace the axle in the near future. I personally can't recommend this method. It's a cutting-corners method. Sometimes its best to take the extra time and do things the right way.
Yup. Definite hole. You can see it actually come around from the left at 7:33. This guys a dumb ass. The boot was reversing it'self as he pushed it off. There was no need to insist that it go onto the axle inside out. If he'd have changed his gloves, wiped the oil off the boot, and applies slow and steady pressure, it would have come off on the axle already right side out.
its like prom night all over again
Or just snack the cv axle outer side off. Slide the boot on and pop together. Done in 5 minutes. Wtf are you doing here ????
Great camera work. Not easy to get good video. Shows just what an awful job it is to do!
For crying out loud. Get a new or even a rebuilt axle. Half the job is spent on the boot replace.
Boots that are ripped click on turns before anyone even knows they’re torn. So, they’re already beyond this type of fix.
Terrible method, he already tore a hole in the new boot @07:32 trying to install it
One time my wife's car cb boot looked like that I packed it with grease wrapped it up with duck tape and it lasted for another 5yrs🤣
Is there any sound after modify????
@@harishchowdary20 no clicking after I put grease and sealed it with the duck tape
Scotty would be so proud!
Muy laborioso, mejor quitar la flecha completa.
This takes longer than doing it the right way.
Reminds me when I got the wrong box of condoms
Yike
Bobby Urkevich yea like the medium sized that slip right off
Lmao!😂
Ask for rubber bands next time 🤔
Don't do this in winter when very cold.
No need to remove brake calliper or suspension strut bolts. Just steering track rod end and lower ball joint mounting to suspension arm.
AI female voice narration is highly irritating. Driv-shaft, cal-eee--pur.
I did my CV boot with an over the CV joint method.. was nowhere near as hard as shown in this video.. I only took the driveshaft nut off and the lower suspension joint nut off, was enough room to swing the whole suspension to get the drive shaft out of the wheel hub, and then just push the suspension assembly to one side as I fitted the new CV boot - no taking of the track rod off nor anything to do with the brake caliper. To be on the safe side I also put the new CV boot in some hot water - I guess it was not necessary as it easily slid over the cone... and I am 66 !
Why not just do it the proper way and tap the joint off which takes about 3 seconds to remove and 3 seconds to tap back on again after you've fitted the boot? This method looks 10 times harder.
yeah, don't do this. he's getting all sorts of dirt in the boot and thus the joint, and not cleaning any of the dirt that may have gotten in from the bad boot. Doing this correctly only takes a few more steps if you want to replace just the boot, and ensures longer life of the part. Or just replace the whole axle to be safe and it's way easier. You don't want to be stranded somewhere because your joint fails, or worse damage other parts of the car if the axle comes loose, or even loose control while driving.
Money to buy tool, money to buy boot kit, the guy sounds like he’s running out of energy and air just to do the job with this “special tool” and probably had to do many takes on the video to cool off from being pissed after having such a hard time slipping on the boot this way…better and just as much money to just buy the cv axle and replace.
You’re taking off the same components to remove the outer part of the cv axle anyway, you can just as well pry off the cv axle inner and replace quicker than doing THIS procedure in the video.
Save yourself the headaches and sore muscles trying to do it this way shown in the video.
Not to mention the fact that as long as you’re replacing the boot, you might as well remove it all, clean it right, and pack in some new cv grease and not reuse the same old crap gunk that’s already contaminated that will destroy your cv joint components inside the boot. Just saying.
that cv boot after going thru the cone looked like a used condom
Haha!
Dang glad I’m going with the easy split boot they make now days 👍
Not in the UK your not,they are illegal over here.☹️
split boots used here for yrs... they DO work but the reason for all the comments about failure result from contamination of the seams while people are putting it in place ..this leads to early failure as it lets go in the spot if the tiniest bit of oil or grease are present in the seam... trick for lasting results is to have the area Hospital clean and drape clean rags or use newspaper over and around Anything that could possiblly come into contact with the open seams that are already coated with thge glue and ready to be joined..The prep is the hardest part! the other factor for sucess is proper application of the glue and correctly seating the seam.. do trial runs without glue so u know how it goes together..once the glue is applied, ur gonna get One chance to press it together!...u cant pull it apart and try again...alot of factors make this tedious and nerve wracking to do but it Can work and hold up great.
Can't see the point of this cone thing.You were only a circlip away from removing CV joint completely and doing the job properly, that is to say,clean out the old grease from the CV,it will have some road grit in it.Inspect the CV for wear,if OK repack the CV joint,NOT THE BOOT,with fresh grease and fit new gaiter rubber onto a grease free surface.
Da fuk......
He's like one tap of a brass drift away from being able to not stress the boots clear the old greese properly and check the snap ring to replace if necessary, now the split boots I get those make it super easy (although I don't recommend them for longevity) but if your gonna break the ball joints and pull the shaft from hub Anya then why bother stressing the boot like that just finish the job properly FFS, I give that boot a year....
Since those boots are made of a thinner stretchier material. does that mean they won't last as long?
Can anyone explain how this saves any work? Is it because if you pull the axle out of the transmission fluid will leak?
It's the most horrible and difficult of jobs trying to grip the rubber boot while being covered in grease and trying to get it on the cone. Buy the air tool and save yourself the heartache.
No no no. Don't do this! Not a good idea at all. When a boot fails it allows sand in leading to joint failure, if the joint is not disassembled and cleaned before new boot you are wasting your time! CV axles are so cheap these days it's a no brainer to just replace the whole axle. HACK!
Is this a joke?
It is easier to do it the right way. Seriously. Like, a lot easier. And nowhere near as messy. This has to be a joke. Who would do this? It would do nothing to address a worn out cv axle. If it was clunking before it'll still be clunking
What an absolute disaster
Hahaha
Ok so don’t damage the brake line so put it safe yet hit hammer on bolt next to brake line 😅 I’m sorry but this way should not be used it takes less time to take off the cv joint plus it’s a cleaner job! Work smarter not harder
all I did was remove the wheel and hub then clamp the drive shaft to part of the suspension and knock off the CV joint with a rubber hammer and replace the boot a lot easier than this method worse case senario is the split ring on CV joint may need replacing then knock the CV joint back on and reassemble
cv boot $20the chances of you at home having the tools or even being able to borrow them fat chance, new shaft with boots $100. labour to do the whole shaft rather than just the boots well its 30 minutes quicker , chances that the old cv you are putting the new boot on is clean and has not been contaminated zero and you will be replacing that shaft in less than a year is guaranteed , if you did , stop being a tight arse you have the old shaft out replace it with a new warranted unit
I would have assumed that there was a load of abrasive shit in the CV joint and cleaned it properly before re-packing it! Jesus!
You know it's amateur hour when a black and decker gets used.....could of popped the shift out the box and done it properly
Man that is a lot of stretching....I bet the new boot doesnt last long after being stretched over that cone.
Well you're the first video that actually used the ball joint separator good on that most of the time it's whacked with hammer but you didn't need to use the cut off wheel why it kind of so cut those stupid things off
I really appreciate the video and the huge effort, but that's just too much work for my Saturday. 😐
i came here for a refresher on how to do this but i have multiple problems w this video. first off you dont have to remove the caliper support, shock absorber or the tie rod end if you just take apart the control arm at the ball joint. secondly you ripped the boot and still put it on you can clearly see its ripped at 7:34
This is so stupid. It literally takes 5 seconds to knock the joint off the spline. And then you can actually get the grease where it belongs, in the joint instead of on the shaft.