by geeves » Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:37 pm
90 with a v6 in USA. That would be the 3.1 chevy engine and trans. The petrol isuzus here had the 4 cylinder 2.6 engine. Do you know if you have isuzu or dana diffs.
If it is the isuzu front diff first jack up car and support power A arm. remove the cap on the free wheel hub after marking its position remove circlip on half shaft remove tie rod end and top ball joint. unbolt brake caliper and move out of the way. This should allow the axle assembly to roll forwards off the stub axle. undo clip on inner cv boot reach inside and find a wire spring clip in the thick black impossible to clean off grease and remove. This splits the inner cv so the outer part of the cv stays on the diff but the inner part and axle pulls out. There are 5 or 6 large ball bearings in here that may fall out. Dont lose them and remove the ones that dont fall out. On this end of the axle is a circlip. Remove this and the bearing housing comes off the axle followed by the cv boots.
Dont try and take the outer cv off the axle It can be done but is very hard and if your new cv has the axle attached you dont need to. Swap the boots and inner cv to new outer cv/axle assembly New boots is a good idea. clean and grease as required with cv grease. (molybdenum) put the balls back in the housing push into the outer part of the inner cv replace wire spring clip put the boots in corerect place and do up the boot retaining clips. grease the axle shaft lift the hub assembly back onto the axle reinstall ball joints brakes etc. finished
If done by the book a cv replacement is 4 hours. The above method takes an hour and a half including beer. I have seen it done in 15 minutes on a mu/amigo but it was done by an x mechanic now prison guard.
Sanding your knuckles before starting work can help. That way you cant skin them