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What would we do without Google and Youtube

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Old Oct 20th, 2018, 21:27   #1
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One of the CV boots on the V40 has a tiny split, so I'm in the process of replacing the full set. They are originals so if one has gone the others will too.

Set too last night to remove the drivers side driveshaft and from start to finish, the shaft was out on the garage floor within 30 mins. This is just too easy me thinks as invariably there will be some b*stard nut that will not undo or similar.

Anyway started to strip the shaft and renew the boots this afternoon. The outer one was a doddle and soon done. Cut the boot off the inner one and while wiping up the grease the cage fell out and six balls have come out their sockets. Not to worry, soon have those popped back in. Cleaned everything up and re-assembled the joint - stuck solid, Hmn, not enough oil, dismantle, lube and refit, still solid. Fiddled about for two hours and no progress.

Came in and had my evening meal and thought - only one thing to do - Google and YouTube. Google brought me to this very forum and similar issue with a S60 driveshaft and two Youtube links - in Russian, but that did not matter as I could see where I was going wrong. Back out in the garage and in two minutes flat all assembled and swivelling as it should.

Apparently it is a common mistake to make and one that baffles folks, but soon sorted with the help of Google, this fantastic forum and YouTube.
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So what was the fault, and what was the fix?
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Apparently it is a common mistake to make and one that baffles folks, but soon sorted with the help of Google, this fantastic forum and YouTube.
What would we do without Google and YouTube in this case? Why what we did before, a slower result perhaps but the library, the local car club and a Haynes manual.
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So what was the fault, and what was the fix?
When I do the nearside shaft next weekend, I will take some photo's of the joint to illustrate how it should be assembled. It is not model specific so should be of help to a wide cross section of members.
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What would we do without Google and YouTube in this case? Why what we did before, a slower result perhaps but the library, the local car club and a Haynes manual.
Yes, indeed Haynes does not go that deep. so pretty much useless, yes, I did look. Google and YouTube is instant, instead of a taxi ride to the library. It just shows how many aspects of everyday life have changed in the last few years.
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Haynes did used to go a lot deeper. I have a manual for an old Granada, for example, which explained in detail the circuit for voltage regulator in the alternator, with diagrams including the zener diode and such. You won't find that stuff in a modern one, just "refer to a specialist" over and over again.
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Used to love the workaround for specialist tools in the ‘proper’ Haynes manual. You need this tool costing ‘lots of money’, that you’ll never use again, however an acceptable alternative can be made out of ‘half a brick and a bent nail’. Ok, I paraphrased that slightly!
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Used to love the workaround for specialist tools in the ‘proper’ Haynes manual. You need this tool costing ‘lots of money’, that you’ll never use again, however an acceptable alternative can be made out of ‘half a brick and a bent nail’. Ok, I paraphrased that slightly!
It is old school isn't it. I have a motorcycle manual from the 1930's for the Velocette's and everything can be done using the toolkit supplied with the bike and 'specialist tools' such as two nails banged into wood and held in a vice to undo the kickstart cog.

Somehow I cannot see such a manual from Volvo for today's modern cars. I wonder that if there was would people do more of their own mechanics.
'To remove the mirror housing, get a plastic knife or cut such from a used credit card and slightly sharpen, push into the top of the mirror housing at an angle to remove the cover'
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Credit has to go those who take the time to create/upload/share such information to help us average Joe's out from being ripped off or being able to tackle some issues ourselves to get us out of a tricky situation.

I have to admit, I follow Robert DIY's channel for Volvo's and being able to attend to things like atenna rings, sensors, gear level bulbs etc is great. Allows you to learn and DIY and save a good few quid.
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I have now fitted the new boots to the passenger side shaft and found it as easy as the drivers side.

The first attachment shows the inner CV joint and the one that I had difficulty in re-assembling. Although it is off the V40 -M56 box - it is generic to many models and makes.

The second attachment shows what you will have when the joint has been cleaned up and ready for re-assembly - the joint will fall apart when trying to remove the driveshaft from the joint and clean up the grease and of course it happens before you have a chance to see how it all goes together.

The third attachment shows how I originally tried to assemble. The grooves in the outer casing and also on the inner race are machined at an angle and I assembled it so that the grooves were running parallel - hence the short distance between the grooves in the outer casing matched the short distance on the inner race. Whilst it is possible to fit all six balls in this configuration, the joint locks and the driveshaft will be solid with no flexible movement.

The fourth attachment shows the joint correctly assembled. The grooves lie in a crossed swords fashion with the long distance on the outer casing being opposite the short distance on the inner race. This allows maximum movement and full flexibility of the joint.

The balls need to be inserted one at a time working around the joint until all of them are in. This can be a bit fiddly, but there are plenty of YouTube vids showing how it is done.
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