Apologies if this has been covered where the forum has grown beyond galaxy that search no longer is my friend...
Allow me ask a question first:
I thought CV boot flange thickness varied by different brands but I just noticed that some of the boot flanges I had on my car had this approx 7.3mm-ish thick spacers. Don't recall what brand boot kit these were but I think I remember I chose a very cheap brand. I don't think I have seen any picture or instruction telling me to keep those and use when re-installing boot kit back on the CV/axle.
In the mean time, I didn't notice these spacers until I got to the 2nd axle so the driver side CV boots were installed without these spacers. With that, I noticed that the CV bolts stick out of the flange a lot and I resorted in using shorter bolts.
Any insight on these spacers? Anyone?
Allow me offer a tip:
My 1984 Carrera CV/axles have no end caps at both ends so preventing making mess with grease when re-installing axles is near impossible for me. But if you applied grease into CV in the following sequence, you'd get a little closer to a clean install. Assuming you removed the whole axle off the car to rebuild CV and replace boots...
1. at least the main cage can be de-greased using brake cleaner to adhere CV gasket
2. reassemble cleaned CV
3. slip boot kits on axle (install the aforementioned spacer in the boot flange)
4. install concave washer (I saw a suspicious picture somewhere the washer goes right before circlip but I assume that's wrong...or am I?)
5. slide dry CV on the axle
6. install circlip
then...
7. grease boot side of CVs. Manipulate CV bearing positions along the way for thoroughness
8. grease outside of the hub side CV
then...
9. position the CV in the car, sliding the axle in to the hub "pocket" carefully avoiding grease to splatter around. Install bolts and connect the CV to hub
10. now with the axle on the car, grease the outside of transmission side CV, then attach the CV to transmission flange.
Beer should taste better this way...
What do y'all think?
