Megane Splitting CV joint, mk2 Meg 1.5 dci

[L1011]

Failed CV joint on the wife's shed (not bad for 170k).

Removed the complete shaft and outer boot and attempted to tap off the joint. More and more force was used until it became obvious it just wasn't coming off. I assumed I wasn't transferring enough force into the actual inner locating race. So I quickly cut through the cage and let about half of the ball bearings loose so I could remove the outer joint.

With just the inner race in place I went to it with a puller but it still wouldn't budge.

Am I missing something? These things designed not to come off?

Going to take it to work tomorrow and use the press at the workshop.

Wandering if it does come off will
I be able to get the new one on?
M


RS 175 Lux

 

[Joshyouwahh]

Is their not a circlip holding it on?

 

[L1011]

Is their not a circlip holding it on?

Yes and it wouldn't budge. Normal process is to knock it off but it wouldn't have it. It wouldn't budge on the puller either.

Tried it in a press and didn't take it past 5 tons for fear of it grenading into the floor and damaging the spider.

So two precision cuts and a cold chisel and it split in two without damaging the splines beneath it.

Nothing special about the attachment. Just a circlip. But it wouldn't compress to allow the race to jump over it.

Replaced the circlip and pushed/tapped the new one on.

 

[DaveL485]

But it wouldn't compress to allow the race to jump over it.

Isn't the circlip supposed to come off? (just asking, never seen one in person)

 

[Brigsy]

Sometimes them circlips are tight as feck. I need to do a cv change on the meg soon so will bear this in mind

 

[Joshyouwahh]

I've had it before where a full driveshafts was almost the same price as the CV joint so wasn't worth the hassle of changing it. I'm probably wrong for the megane but worth a check.

 

[andybond]

Sometimes them circlips are tight as feck. I need to do a cv change on the meg soon so will bear this in mind

I changed the whole shaft in the end as the new boot kept on jumping off. Was less hassle TBH

 

[Brigsy]

Cv miles cheaper than a full shaft. The original boot is fine the thread is damaged.

Fitting the boots is no problem when you know how !

 

[andybond]

Cv miles cheaper than a full shaft. The original boot is fine the thread is damaged.

Fitting the boots is no problem when you know how !

It wasnt the fitting that was the issue. It was keeping it on that was the issue ! It just kept flinging the grease out !

 

[L1011]

New CV joint £11.99.
New driveshaft £125 +VAT although you can get a pattern one for around £40.



RS 175 Lux

 

[L1011]

Isn't the circlip supposed to come off? (just asking, never seen one in person)

You're thinking of a stopring which you need to remove with pliers.

The circlip compresses into a groove to allow the joint to pass over it. It's in jars too meaning you'd never get at it with the complete joint in place. Mine wouldn't have it. Even with the outer joint cut away I couldn't pick the circlip out. As the clip is missing about a sixth of its wire, how it is compressed makes a difference to wether it will slip off or not.



The last one I did before this was on a C5 Audi S6. That one wouldn't come off either with a mallet but had an internal threaded joint as well as the usual splined stub into the hub. With that one a slide hammer threads straight on the end and one whack brings it off.

On the Meg the attachments for the slide hammer had no combination which would hold onto the joint in the centre. So i ended cutting it down but still couldn't get the inner race to budge.

Not even in the press. So it was cut off completely.

 

[Joshyouwahh]

It wasnt the fitting that was the issue. It was keeping it on that was the issue ! It just kept flinging the grease out !

It's fine grease is over rated.

 

[Brigsy]

It wasnt the fitting that was the issue. It was keeping it on that was the issue ! It just kept flinging the grease out !

Brake cleaner pn the mating surfaces and a proper clip too much grease flings them off too.

Them circlips are the same as vauxhall inner cv clips. @L1011 they can be mega tight sometimes. I had one that would not come out of the diff before absolute mare to get out

 

[andybond]

Brake cleaner pn the mating surfaces and a proper clip too much grease flings them off too.

Specky did it mister