I'm changing both my cv's this weekend I'm pretty handy with working on cars and the father in law a semi retired mechanic, neither of us have done a cv on a mini before just after some advice to make the job easier for us as time is tight on the weekend for us to get it done... Any tricks or DONT do people can pass on....

Oh and disk brake 1275cc A+ cv's too...

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64' 850 1275cc

Replacing the CV only is pretty easy......the hardest part is undoing and retightening the hub nut.
Just note the hub nuts have different tightening torques depending on it being disc / drum cv and the number of cross pin drillings it has. Most of the time it'll be 200ft/lb for a disc cv.....but again check.

I did mine on brake drums about 12mths ago and found the 'drum to disc' how to thread very useful. Had to replace them again last week while converting to disc brakes. It was a lot quicker second time around.

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1969 Cooper S

I thought disc setups were 150ft/lb?

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1963 Morris 850 Smoke Grey
1963 Morris 850 Shadow Blue
1965 Morris Mini Smooth Van
1966 Morris Mini Van
1969 Morris Mini Deluxe Resto
5/72 Clubman Gt

Scoop you are correct......it is 150 lb/ft.......which is about 200n/m......my bad.

Interestingly though.....the disc cvs from the factory were sometimes 190 lb/ft which appears in some repair manuals.......but this has been known to strip the threads out!

Loosen the driveshaft nuts and the ball joint nuts while it's fall on the ground.
Put the nut back on before trying to whack the CV off the driveshaft. Saves damaging the thread.

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Too many cars, and too little time.

on cv joints , i have seen some different aftermarket ones recently around the traps... i think i have read the metalli SPa?? ones (made in italy) are good quality but don't know if this is correct. I haven't seen them advertised anywhere? thoughts experiences/

Ive seen some new aftermarket cvs that didnt fit properly too.....splines not made long enough.

Beware, some of these aftermarket CVs have metric nuts..
Make sure the CV comes with a nut, and it fits the thread properly.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Brought the CVs from minispares UK....

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64' 850 1275cc

with regard to nuts, without sounding like one.
fitted the u=beut Chineezze nut to a turbo charger the other day and due to the fact the face of the nut was not perpendicular to the axis of the shaft it actually bent the shaft and would not balance.

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It's easy once you know how.

Yeah, the Chinese turbos have a specially bent shaft fitted so when the nut is fitted, the shaft bends out straight

I've also seen CVs come with a thick nut that didn't fit. Too tall to get the split pin in.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

So I wonder why the CVs been quite noisey..... I think I may have found it....

Thanks for the advice and heads up on the how to thread was a great help just to refer back to make sure I was doing to right.

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64' 850 1275cc

Disc CVs are tightened to 150 lbft and then a bit more to align the next split pin hole with the castellated nut.

RonR

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68 build Mk1 Cooper S
72 Clubman GT project. Total restoration required