OEM GMC Jimmy CV Joint

GMC Jimmy CV Joint Parts and Q&A

• Inner CV Joint, Front Passenger Side
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  Q: How to replace the inner CV Joint and seal on GMC Jimmy?

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  Starting the wheel drive shaft inner joint and seal replacement requires side cutters to remove the boot clamps before working on the halfshaft bar. Start by cutting through the swage ring with a hand grinder before you remove the tri-pot housing and tri-pot trilobal bushing from the halfshaft bar . Clean all grease off tri-pot assembly roller bearings and housing while thoroughly degreasing the housing and tri-pot trilobal bushing . The transmission sealing surface requires 320 grit 3M cloth (or equivalent) treatment to remove corrosion before allowing the components to dry before assembly. You must first compress the tri-pot boot onto the halfshaft bar before using Snap Ring Pliers (J 8059) to separate the spacer rings and remove the spider assembly with its rings and boot. Check the halfshaft bar with a wire brush then examine the needle rollers and needle bearings and trunnion for damage before inspecting the tri-pot housing for unwanted wear and cracks. Replace any broken parts found. First place the new small swage clamp and boot onto the halfshaft bar before installing the swage clamp without swaging the boot into position with its neck sitting in the designed groove. Place the inboard end of the halfshaft assembly into Swage Clamp Tool (J 41048), align the swage clamp inside and secure the top tool half over the bottom half. After ensuring the boot lacks pinch points, install and tighten bolts while aligning boot, housing and swage clamp, performing each bolt tightening step at 180-degree intervals with a ratchet wrench. Re-swage the clamp but only when deformities exist in it. Verify for the presence of "lip" deformities upon completion. Install the convolute retainer into its proper position to catch four convolutions before placing the spacer ring and spider assembly onto the halfshaft bar. Finally, position the second spacer ring at the bar's end groove. The professional uses the kit's pre-measured grease to pack the boot and housing before setting the large retaining clamp onto the boot followed by positioning the housing and tri-pot trilobal bushing over the spider assembly. Position the boot onto the tri-pot trilobal bushing then verify the inboard stroke placement before installing Large Seal Retaining Clamp Tool (J 35566) to secure the boot to the housing. Banish the convolute retainer from the boot.
• Inner CV Joint, Front
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  Q: How to service and repair the front drive axle's CV Boot and CV Joint on GMC Jimmy?

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  To service and repair the front drive axle's drive shaft inner joint and boot, you need to collect the following tools required; snap ring pliers (J8059), swage clamp tool (J41048), and large seal retaining clamp tool (J35566). Begin disassembly by uncoupling the clamps from the boot by means of side cutters, in the process making sure that the tripot housing is not damaged. Using a hand grinder, cut the swage ring in two, and then get rid of the tripot housing and tripot trilobal bushing from the halfshaft bar. Then clean the tripot assembly roller bearings and housing, degreasers and with 320 grit 3m cloth to get rid of any corrosion on the transmission sealing surface. Let the components dry before assembly, and correctly handle the tripot spider assembly to avoid separation of the tripot balls and needle rollers. Compress the tripot boot onto the halfshaft bar and use the snap ring pliers (J8059) to open the spacer rings for spider assembly removal. If the halfshaft bar and needle rollers, needle bearings, and trunnion show signs of distress, replace the defective parts. Clean the halfshaft bar. To assemble, slide in the new small swage clamp and boot into place on the huflshaft bar, fit the swage clamp in unaswaged and loading the boot neck into its groove. Swaging clamp using swage clamp tool (J41048), ensuring there are no pinch points prior to the tightening of bolts with hands. Align the boot, housing and swage clamp, while tighten every bolt in 180 degrees by using ratchet wrench. In case of deformity on the swage clamp, roll it in again using the tool. Install the convolute retainer over the boot and ensure that it engages with four convolutions and then install the spacer ring and spider assembly on the halfshaft bar after which install the other spacer ring. Pack the boot & housing with the pre-measured grease from the kit, put the big retaining clamp on the boot & put the housing & tripot trilobal bushing on the spider [assembly]. Finally, use large seal retaining clamp tool (J35566); secure the large retaining clamp and boot to the housing and remove the convolute retainer of the boot .