Fitting CV inner

[Ceptor]

Can anyone help with a problem I'm having finnishing fitting a replacement CV inner  boot, o/s .

I  am replacing the damaged boot seeing as the inlet and exhaust manifolds are off at the moment so access is good.

I was able to remove the socket head cap screws after stripping one until I saw they were torx bolts. I then removed the CV joint itself. After dropping all the ball bearings on the ground I cleaned and regreased all the parts and tried to refit the CV joint to the drive shaft.

I can get the CV joint on the splined end of the drive shaft but I'm having trouble getting it on far enough so that I can refit the circlip. It seems to be stopping just short of the groove so that the circlip won't engage in it's groove (only half of the groove is visible) Has this got anything to do with the 'concave' washer placed to the outside of the CV joint? Does this concave washer need to be compressed somehow?  Have I maybe reassembled the CV incorrectly and how can I tell?

Hope you can help.

[markmcie]

Sorry to sound silly, but you  did try fitting the washer the other way round !  I never did a mk2 inner CV but did a mk4 one (severl times).  Its a perfect fit, once reassembled.  

[Ceptor]

Markmcie I've just finnished the job and you're right, when I turned it the other way round it did fit no problem. However in the Haynes manual it says to fit the dished washer with the concave side facing the end of the driveshaft. When I fitted it this way I couldn't get it to align correctly and couldn't fit the snap ring.

I'll see if it makes any difference soon enough.