2006 GMC Yukon CV Joint Boot

You need to insert new clamps into the original half-shaft seal cover and slide the half-shaft seal cover onto the half-shaft assembly, starting at the outboard (CV joint) end.

You need to cut through the swaging ring, cut off the small boot clamp, slide the boot down the half-shaft bar and away, wipe all grease away, find the half-shaft bar retaining snap ring, spread the snap ring ears apart, pull the CV joint and the CV joint boot, discard the old CV joint boot, place a brass drift against the CV joint cage, tap gently on the brass drift, remove the first chrome alloy ball, tilt the CV joint cage in the opposite direction to remove the opposing chrome alloy ball, remove all six of the balls, pivot the CV joint cage and the inner race 90 degrees to the center line of the outer race, lift out the cage and the inner race, remove the inner race, clean the inner and outer race assemblies, the CV joint cage and the chrome alloy balls, dry all the parts, check the CV joint assembly, and clean the half shaft bar.

You need to pinch the swage ring slightly by hand to distort it into an oval shape, slide the distorted swage ring over the large diameter of the seal, place the tripot housing over the spider assembly, install the seal onto the tripot housing, and align the tripot seal, with the swage ring in place, over the flat area on the tripot housing.

The recommended torque is 136 Nm (100 ft. lbs.).

The recommended torque is 136 Nm (100 ft. lbs.).