cv boot replacement

On the 95/96/97 you have to take out the hub+axles and hit the inner race of the CV joint real hard with a big hammer. In most cases the axle will then slip out of the CV joint and the boots can be replaced. If the axle does not come out, you can try to pull the new boots over the T - and hope it does not tear.

On the 99 and 900 the middle axle does not have to come out of the outer CV joint. You can take the 3 roller joint off the axle and replace the boots.

-- MH '72 97 '77 96 '78 95 '79 96 '87 900T8

Only if you're crazy ;-)

The spider joint is *a lot* more difficult to remove from the shaft than the CV joint is. Soooo much more difficult. Mucho.

Sure, why else do we drive SAABs?

For the 99/900 I was quoting Chapter 8.4.6/7 of Haynes '79-'88 900 (page

"6. Extract the circlip and remove the inner joint spider, then remove the inner circlip (early models).

1. Release the clips and slide the bellows from the driveshaft as necessary."

What SAAB type are we talking about anyway?

-- MH '72 97 '77 96 '78 95 '79 96 '87 900T8

I remember that I've read about cv boots that were open such that they could be fitted around the axle without dismantling it, and then joined up by some method or other?

Haynes leans heavily on the original SAAB workshop manuals.

Maybe it was a troll...

-- MH '72 97 '77 96 '78 95 '79 96 '87 900T8

I'm talking about 99s + 900s. I know the Haynes procedure, and I was even foolish enough to try it first time round (many years ago). If I ever meet the guy who wrote it...

You can get glue together ones, but they have lifetimes in hundreds of miles. Definitely worth avoiding.

Yes there is a circlip on the shaft that is holding on the CV joint. It will be covered in greace.

I always removed a few more bolts and took off the hub including the shaft. Unless you can work upright underneath the car you will have fun trying to open the circlip whilst you hold the shaft back and tap the hub off :-)

If it helps at all. Charles

PS. To take off the complete hub you need to jam the suspension up (also I would put spring compressors on ... just in case), then remove the 4 bolts that hold the two ball joints on the wishbones, remove brake caliper, loosen steering connnection, and undo circlip from the inner boot of the driveshaft. Read the manual.

You mean the circlip at the CV joint? Why can't you remove it? Have you found it? It has two fingets which need to be prised apart (I usually do this with a pair of long-nose pliers), and it will then just pop off.