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Changing drums over to discs.

Undid everything and pulled on the drum assembly and the whole drive shaft came with it including the inner ball race with balls and boot from the diff.

Can I just push it all back and retie the boot on or do I have a bigger task ahead?

It was all new when I rebuilt the box - hasn't been driven so still good as new. Just surprised me the race came out like that.

Don't use regular grease in CVs or pot joints- it wants to be molygrease- eg Castrol LMM.

Wombat wrote:

It was all new when I rebuilt the box - hasn't been driven so still good as new. Just surprised me the race came out like that.

Pretty much nothing holding them on cept the boot ties... hence metal boot ties are what you want.

Looks like dis: http://www.classicmotoring.net.au/cmos/ ... d3b0e081c7

Also you can now get metal cable ties at Bunnings. You can find them in the electrical aisle along with the plastic ties.

Jim

You can also get them from any CV place for very cheap. Note that you need different lengths

Will you get those boots tight enough?
I was refering to these http://forum.ih8mud.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=193219&d=1196720553

Lillee wrote:

You can also get them from any CV place for very cheap. Note that you need different lengths

That''s a given but find me a CV place open late on Fridays or weekends.

Will you get those boots tight enough?
I was refering to these http://forum.ih8mud.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=193219&d=1196720553

Lillee wrote:

You can also get them from any CV place for very cheap. Note that you need different lengths

That''s a given but find me a CV place open late on Fridays or weekends.

Author:	Wombat [ Tue May 14, 2013 11:53 am ]
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Changing drums over to discs. Undid everything and pulled on the drum assembly and the whole drive shaft came with it including the inner ball race with balls and boot from the diff. Can I just push it all back and retie the boot on or do I have a bigger task ahead?

Author:	Harley [ Tue May 14, 2013 11:59 am ]
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Well its out - may as well clean it all up, new grease and boot then reassemble.

Author:	Lillee [ Tue May 14, 2013 12:06 pm ]
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Wombat wrote: Changing drums over to discs. Undid everything and pulled on the drum assembly and the whole drive shaft came with it including the inner ball race with balls and boot from the diff. Can I just push it all back and retie the boot on or do I have a bigger task ahead? Just don't lose any balls and don't mix them up. Yes you can put it all back in, clean everything up and apple new grease and new boot. Use metal CV boot clips instead of cable ties if you can find them.

Author:	Wombat [ Tue May 14, 2013 12:06 pm ]
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It was all new when I rebuilt the box - hasn't been driven so still good as new. Just surprised me the race came out like that.

Author:	drmini in aust [ Tue May 14, 2013 12:39 pm ]
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Don't use regular grease in CVs or pot joints- it wants to be molygrease- eg Castrol LMM.

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Author:	Lillee [ Tue May 14, 2013 1:05 pm ]
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Wombat wrote: It was all new when I rebuilt the box - hasn't been driven so still good as new. Just surprised me the race came out like that. Pretty much nothing holding them on cept the boot ties... hence metal boot ties are what you want. Looks like dis: http://www.classicmotoring.net.au/cmos/ ... d3b0e081c7

Author:	Wombat [ Tue May 14, 2013 3:17 pm ]
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drmini in aust wrote: Don't use regular grease in CVs or pot joints- it wants to be molygrease- eg Castrol LMM. That's what they got

Author:	kirby [ Tue May 14, 2013 3:33 pm ]
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Lillee wrote: Wombat wrote: It was all new when I rebuilt the box - hasn't been driven so still good as new. Just surprised me the race came out like that. Pretty much nothing holding them on cept the boot ties... hence metal boot ties are what you want. Looks like dis: http://www.classicmotoring.net.au/cmos/ ... d3b0e081c7 You can find these metal cable ties locally being sold as ties for header wrap. My local super-cheap didn't have a clue what I was on about until I found them in the performance section.

Author:	Lillee [ Tue May 14, 2013 3:59 pm ]
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You can also get them from any CV place for very cheap. Note that you need different lengths

Author:	jb007 [ Tue May 14, 2013 5:20 pm ]
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Also you can now get metal cable ties at Bunnings. You can find them in the electrical aisle along with the plastic ties. Jim

Author:	Mick [ Tue May 14, 2013 5:47 pm ]
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jb007 wrote: Also you can now get metal cable ties at Bunnings. You can find them in the electrical aisle along with the plastic ties. Jim Yep, I have a bundle of those bad boys. Slicker than plastic cable ties with no ratchet you can hear, and nowhere near as much bother as the metal band-it clamps. Just slide them up. These ones are made by Panduit. http://www.panduit.com/wcs/Satellite?c= ... PG_Wrapper

Author:	kirby [ Tue May 14, 2013 8:32 pm ]
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Will you get those boots tight enough? I was refering to these http://forum.ih8mud.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=193219&d=1196720553 Lillee wrote: You can also get them from any CV place for very cheap. Note that you need different lengths That''s a given but find me a CV place open late on Fridays or weekends.

Author:	Mick [ Tue May 14, 2013 10:00 pm ]
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kirby wrote: Will you get those boots tight enough? I was refering to these http://forum.ih8mud.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=193219&d=1196720553 Lillee wrote: You can also get them from any CV place for very cheap. Note that you need different lengths That''s a given but find me a CV place open late on Fridays or weekends. Yeah you can, not with your fingers however. I use a pair of sidecutters and roll the handle with the band in the jaw to get the last few millimeters out of them.

Author:	Lillee [ Tue May 14, 2013 10:04 pm ]
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kirby wrote: Will you get those boots tight enough? I was refering to these http://forum.ih8mud.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=193219&d=1196720553 Lillee wrote: You can also get them from any CV place for very cheap. Note that you need different lengths That''s a given but find me a CV place open late on Fridays or weekends. I have a CV boot tie tool and it's easy as with it, so can't comment Only thing about Mick's type tie is that the thing that sticks out may rub up against the wheel hub in the case of using them for CV joints as well? All I remember is that it's a tight squeeze on the CV joint boots against the wheel hub on disk brakes. The metal ties tap out flat... But other than that they look the business Plus I have like 100 of them which makes the decision easier too

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Author:	Mick [ Tue May 14, 2013 10:12 pm ]
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Yes that's true. I cut them off at about 10 to 20mm and bend them so they stay flat. They don't try to stand up really.