CV gaitor replacement

[dan23]

You dont need to undo half the stuff mentioned

Personally i take the 30mm nut off, whack the driveshaft so its loose in the hub, take the wheel off, undo the 19mm nut on the front of the wishbone, turn the wheel on a lock, pull the wishbone out the bracket slightly and you can pull the cv joint out of the hub

Cut the old boot off, hit the joint off with a copper hammer, clean everything up, fit the new bits and refit everything, doing it this way i can do it in about 30mins and it doesnt effect any suspension settings

see thats basically how i thought you do it, but iv been told otherwise

[rombonie]

 

[dabill]

well the way i explained is the way i did it, but i must admit i was originally doing it to put a wheel bearing in so guess i had to take the hub completely off...

tracking was shot on mine anyways so all these alignments and settings you gaff about didnt matter to me, but if these other ways work, then excellent  save me time in the future!

thanks all

edit: oh eyah, dan seriously mate, it sounds nasty, but even my long winded way isnt that bad, just time consuming, but like everything with golfs, if you havea  good spanner set and socket set, you can do most things...

[Diamond Hell]

Personally i take the 30mm nut off, whack the driveshaft so its loose in the hub, take the wheel off, undo the 19mm nut on the front of the wishbone, turn the wheel on a lock, pull the wishbone out the bracket slightly and you can pull the cv joint out of the hub

The bold bit is the bit that concerns me in this advice.  As said previously the two bolts on the strut do a lot of the control over your wheel alignment.  If you change this then you'll mess up the handling on your car and probably make it wear through tyres unevenly and that's bad and expensive.

[dabill]

a good tracking session afterwards probs wont go amiss i guess...

[nealey]

Personally i take the 30mm nut off, whack the driveshaft so its loose in the hub, take the wheel off, undo the 19mm nut on the front of the wishbone, turn the wheel on a lock, pull the wishbone out the bracket slightly and you can pull the cv joint out of the hub

The bold bit is the bit that concerns me in this advice.  As said previously the two bolts on the strut do a lot of the control over your wheel alignment.  If you change this then you'll mess up the handling on your car and probably make it wear through tyres unevenly and that's bad and expensive.

I think you've misunderstood me, i dont mean remove the bolt on the strut, i mean remove the bolt at the front of the subframe that holds the wishbone in, this wont effect anythng as it can only go back on in 1 position

[Diamond Hell]

I have indeed, which is understandable as that would a) be a 17mm nut IIRC (which I might not) and b) it would be known as the lower balljoint securing bolt.

If you can get it undone go for your life - I've always struggled with it as access is crap and it's often seized, sadly.

[rombonie]

I have indeed, which is understandable as that would a) be a 17mm nut IIRC (which I might not) and b) it would be known as the lower balljoint securing bolt.

If you can get it undone go for your life - I've always struggled with it as access is crap and it's often seized, sadly.

He means the front wishbone bolt not the lower ball joint 

[dan23]

well i rung my mate and he said he will come up 2moro and sort it for me.

oh and dabill i have a very nice spanner and socket set, i just dont like to get it all dirty lol