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HOMESERVICE MANUALSDODGE AND RAM2006GRAND CARAVAN BASE, 3.3 EREPAIR AND DIAGNOSISDRIVELINES & AXLESDIFFERENTIALS & DRIVE AXLESDIFFERENTIAL & DRIVELINEHALF SHAFT - FRONTCV BOOT - INNERINSTALLATIONNOTES
2006 Dodge and Ram Grand Caravan Base, 3.3 E

CV Boot - Inner: Installation: Notes

2006 Dodge and Ram Grand Caravan Base, 3.3 ESECTION Notes
Fig 1: Installing Sealing Boot On Interconnecting Shaft
GC0000048Courtesy of DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.
1 - SEALING BOOT
2 - RAISED BEAD IN THIS AREA OF SEALING BOOT
3 - GROOVE
4 - INTERCONNECTING SHAFT
  1. Slide inner CV joint seal boot retaining clamp, onto the interconnecting shaft. Then, slide the replacement inner CV joint sealing boot (1) onto the interconnecting shaft (4). See Fig 1. Inner CV joint seal boot MUST be positioned on interconnecting shaft so the raised bead on the inside of the small diameter end of the seal boot is in mating groove on interconnecting shaft. 
    Fig 2: Spider Assembly Installation on Interconnecting Shaft
    GC0000049Courtesy of DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.
    1 - SPIDER ASSEMBLY
    2 - INTERCONNECTING SHAFT
  2. Install spider assembly (1) onto interconnecting shaft (2). See Fig 2. Spider assembly must be installed on interconnecting shaft far enough to fully install spider retaining snap-ring.
    Fig 3: Installing Spider Assembly on Interconnecting Shaft
    GC0000050Courtesy of DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.
    1 - DO NOT HIT BEARINGS WHEN INSTALLING THE SPIDER ASSEMBLY
    2 - SPIDER ASSEMBLY
    3 - INTERCONNECTING SHAFT
    4 - BRASS DRIFT
    CAUTION: Do not hit the outer tripod bearings in an attempt to install spider assembly on interconnecting shaft.
  3. If the spider assembly (2) will not fully install on interconnecting shaft by hand, it can be installed by tapping the spider body with a brass drift. See Fig 3.
    Fig 4: Spider Assembly Retaining Snap-Ring
    GC0000046Courtesy of DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.
    1 - INTERCONNECTING SHAFT
    2 - SPIDER ASSEMBLY
    3 - RETAINING SNAP-RING
  4. Install the spider assembly to interconnecting shaft retaining snap-ring into groove on end of interconnecting shaft. See Fig 4. Be sure the snap-ring is fully seated into groove on interconnecting shaft.
    Fig 5: Crimping Tool Installed on Sealing Boot Clamp - Typical
    GC0000051Courtesy of DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.
    1 - CRIMPING TOOL C-4975-A
    2 - INTERCONNECTING SHAFT
    3 - CLAMP
    4 - SEALING BOOT
  5. Install inner CV joint seal boot (4) to interconnecting shaft clamp evenly on sealing boot. See Fig 5.
  6. Place crimping tool C-4975-A (1) over bridge of clamp.
    Fig 6: Installing Sealing Boot Retaining Clamp - Typical
    GC0000052Courtesy of DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.
    1 - CLAMP
    2 - JAWS OF CRIMPING TOOL C-4975-A
    3 - INTERCONNECTING SHAFT
    4 - SEALING BOOT
  7. Tighten nut on crimping tool C-4975-A until jaws on tool are closed completely together, face to face. See Fig 6.
    CAUTION: Seal boot must not be dimpled, stretched or out of shape in any way. If seal boot is NOT shaped correctly, equalize pressure in seal and shape it by hand.
  8. Position sealing boot into the tripod housing retaining groove. Install seal boot retaining clamp evenly on sealing boot.
  9. Position trilobal boot to interface with the tripod housing. The lobes of the boot must be properly aligned with the recess's of the tripod housing.
    CAUTION: The following positioning procedure determines the correct air pressure inside the inner CV joint assembly prior to clamping the sealing boot to inner CV joint housing. If this procedure is not done prior to clamping sealing boot to CV joint housing sealing boot durability can be adversely affected.
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