Hey all,

Just changed left and right-hand outer CV boots on my 2nd Generation 3.0L V6. What a nasty job. Other cars I've worked on you have been able to take the CV joint off, but after finding this site and having a look at some of the previous posts (and a couple of hours struggling with a mallet in the wheel arch) I realised that this is, apparantly, not possible. Had to get a lift back down to Auto One to pick up some more clips and grease for the inner boots. Easy enough to pull the shafts out from the tripod joint thing, but could be so much easier...

Anyone managed to separate the CV joint from the drive shaft in situ?

Cheers.

Clarky.

circlip pliers required to take off the cv joint

All you need to know about CV joints
http://www.aa1car.com/library/cvjoint1.htm

http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34626

look up these forum links

Yeah - that's what I did thanks, all finished this morning. So, the outer joint won't come off as I thought then? By the diagram in the book, there is a circlip in the outer joint, but there is no space to access it, and i couldn't even belt it off.