2010 GMC Terrain CV Joint

The procedure is to remove the wheel drive shaft, install the wheel drive axle shaft in a soft jawed vice, remove and discard the outer and inner boot clamp from the boot from the CV joint boot, remove the CV joint boot, remove and discard the outer boot clamp and the inner boot clamp, remove the CV joint boot, remove the CV joint, remove the retaining ring, remove the CV joint boot from the wheel drive shaft and have water or any other contaminates in the CV joint.

You can position the boot and the clamp on the wheel drive shaft, install the retaining ring, close the boot clamp until the gap measures 2.15 mm (0.085 in), compress the retaining ring into the groove, install the CV joint, place approximately half of the lubricant inside the CV boot and the other half in the CV joint, remove any excess lubricant on the CV joint housing or the boot, close the boot clamp until the gap measures 1.9 mm (0.070 in), move the CV joint in a circular motion 4 to 5 times, remove the wheel drive shaft from the vise and install the wheel drive shaft.