Replacing Drive Shaft Covers?

Question

How do u remove and replace theConstant Velocity Joint
Covers on a Toyota Camry - do u pack them with grease?

Answer 1

i prefer to replace the complete axle. if there is any wear in the axle you can spend $20 on a split boot kit, or $60 to buy a reman axle with a warranty. dont even get me started on a solid boot. HUGE waste of $.
bottom line, torn boot prob means axle wear, just replace it.

Answer 2

Yep, me too. Get a re-manufactured complete half shaft from Car Quest, Napa, Advance Auto, Auto Zone and with a credit card at Auto Zone get the following free rental tools: A pitman arm puller, 5 ton three finger gear puller to press the wheel bearing and spindle loose from the half shaft, appropiate sized 1/2 in. metric deep well socket to remove the nut at the end of the CV shaft.
*Unless you've done this before or actually seen it done. You'll spend a lot of sweat and swearing.
Remove the halfshaft nut. You'll need either a 16" wrachet or a 16"breaker bar with a three foot piece of black iron pipe to do this. Slide the three foot extension over the handle. An impact gun and impact socket does this in seconds. Remove the wheel. Pop the lower ball joint out of the lower A frame with the pitman arm press. Place the three finger gear / wheel puller around the edge of the wheel flange (lug nut flange) With the wheel puller press the splined CV loose from the hub. Swing the strut out enough to remove the end of the CV shaft. *It gets tricky here. Using a pry bar, wonderbar, straight bladed nail puller pry the inner CV chaft out of the transmission. It's locked in with a spring clip.
Make sure your new half shaft has a new spring clip. Do not re-use the old one. If nessary get a new on from your Toyota dealer. Be sure your halfshaft pops completely inside the transmission before you re-assemble the halfshaft through the splined wheel bearing hub. The rest is cake. Reverse your procedure. Get the ball joint in directly after you slide the spline on the halfshaft inside the wheel hub. Make absolutely you thghten the snot out of the new lock nut at the end of the halfshaft.