In order to replace the rear wheel drive shaft outer joint and boot, one should remove the wheel drive shaft from the car and secure it in a soft jawed vice, ensuring not to cut through the inboard or outboard boot to ensure that the sealing surface is not damaged. After this, check for presence of a low-profile boot clamp, and then eliminate and discard the outer boot clamp and inner boot clamp from the cv joint boot , then remove the cv joint boot from the cv joint housing . If the shaft has the boot clamp of ear type, remove the outer boot clamp & inner boot clamp before you pull the cv joint boot from the cv joint housing. Note: see image, fig 5, removal of cv joint, boott be removedhow to proceed: de cheek mb r 189 first the cv joint has to be taken off from the wheel drive shaft; this task is done with the help of a hammer and with hammer and a wooden block, so as to protect the wheel from being damaged. After that check the c code (J8059) to remove the retaining ring from the wheel drive shaft and take off the cv joint boot from the wheel drive shaft. Check the cv-joint prior to assembly by placing the boot and clamp on the wheel drive shaft without crimping and have the boot seated in the groove of the wheel drive shaft. Install the retaining ring on the wheel drive shaft using j 8059, close the boot clamp on j 35910 so as to measure 1.8mm (0.07in) for x88 vehicles, 2.6mm (0.10 in) for x88/z88/w49/wda vehiclesas in such a way as to make it make the cv joint just brush against the inner retaining ring. Mount the cv joint on the wheel drive shafts with the aid of a block of wood and a hammer, then apply half of the lubricant into the CV Boot and half into the cv joint , ensuring to remove the excess lubricant. In case of the wheel drive with ear type clamp, the boot clamp should be closed by the means of j 35910 until the distance between two parts would be 1.9mm (0.07 in). For vehicles with x88 while all locking tabs should be locked. For a low profile clamp, then close boot clamp with ch 48894, then rotate the cv joint to a circular motion of 4 to 5 times to evenly spread the lubricant before releasing the wheel drive shaft from the vise and reinstalling it.