Contents: Disassembly ↳ Assembly ↳
A damaged bellows should be replaced immediately, as water and dirt penetrate through it, destroying the joint. To replace the boot, the cardan shaft must be disassembled. If dirt has penetrated the grease, the joint must be cleaned and filled with new special grease.
Note: From 11/92 to 8/94, a modified driveshaft with only one snap ring (on the outside) was used on vehicles with ABS. If the driveshaft is replaced, the constant velocity joint (CV joint) must also be replaced. The new CV joint can be installed on the old shaft together with two snap rings.
Disassembly
Remove the rear axle propeller shaft.
Loosen clamps -B, D- on both sides of the shaft for fastening the corrugated cover "C". Move the rubber cuffs.
Using round-nose pliers, such as HAZET 1844A-10, remove the outer retaining rings "E" from the outer and inner sliding CV joints "F".
Remove the sliding CV joints together with the protective cover "G" from shaft "A".
Remove the internal retaining rings "H" from the shaft.
Remove the corrugated covers from the shaft.
Assembly
From 9/86: clean the contact surface of the protective cover of the sliding CV joint from dirt and old sealant.
Place a new corrugated cover with new clamps on the shaft.
Install a new internal retaining ring into the existing groove on the shaft.
From 9/86: Apply FORD Specification SPM-2G9121-A Sealant "J" to the "G" cover as shown in Figure F-3823.
Place the sliding CV joint onto the shaft together with the protective cover.
Note: The perimeter reference grooves "arrows" must face outward.
Install a new outer snap ring into the existing groove on the shaft.
Install the second hinge in a similar manner.
Evenly fill the outer and inner CV joints with special FORD grease, specification WSD-M1C237-A. The filling volume for one CV joint is 90±10 g.
Slide the corrugated boots onto the CV joint. Tighten the fastening clamps with HAZET 1847 pliers. Place the pliers as shown in the figure. The cutters of the pliers should be adjacent to the corners of the "arrow B" of the clamp. In this position, tighten bolt "A" with a torque wrench to 19 Nm and thereby tighten the clamp. Tightening the clamp on the small diameter of the corrugated boot is performed in a similar manner.