We clean the hinge body and cover from dirt and clamp the shaft in a vise with soft metal jaw pads.
We bite the large collar of the cover with side cutters..
... or, by inserting a screwdriver blade into the clamp lock, unclench it.
Similarly, we unclench the lock of the small clamp.
Having removed the clamps from the cover, we shift it along the shaft from the outer hinge.
With a rag, remove the grease from the end of the hinge cage. We clamp the splined shank of the outer hinge housing in a vise with soft metal jaw pads.
With two screwdrivers or special tongs with flat jaws, we unclench the "antennae" of the retaining ring that fixes the hinge cage on the drive shaft.
When performing this operation, it is necessary to center the retaining ring with the tool as accurately as possible relative to the hole of the cage, so that when the ring is unclenched, it is around the entire circumference (except for the "mustache") completely entered the groove of the clip (for clarity, the drive shaft is removed from the holder).
An uncentered ring, when the antennae are expanded, will not completely enter the groove of the cage and will not release the shaft.
As soon as the retaining ring enters the groove of the cage and at the same time leaves the groove on the drive shaft, we pull the shaft along its axis..
... and remove from the hinge cage.
Remove the dirt cover from the shaft.
If the hinge is removed only to replace the cover, then, without disassembling the hinge, we remove the maximum possible amount of lubricant from it and wash it in kerosene. We wipe the hinge with a rag and blow it with compressed air. We inspect the balls, the separator, the clip and the internal cavity of the body. Seizures, dents, cracks, traces of corrosion are not allowed - we replace such a hinge.
We clean the shaft of old grease and apply a thin layer of new grease to it. We put a hinge cover on the shaft. We install a new retaining ring in the holder and put new grease into the cavities of the hinge body and cover, in total 110–130 g. We put the hinge on the shaft, ensuring that the retaining ring is fixed in the shaft groove.
We check the mobility of the hinge - it should move without jamming. We pull the cover onto the hinge body so that the belts of the cover for the clamps are located in the corresponding seats of the shaft and the hinge body. We fix the hinge cover with new clamps.
Special pliers are required to install the original clamps supplied as spare parts.
In their absence, you can use the universal tape clamps for fastening the CV joint covers, which are commercially available.
Universal band clamps for fastening the CV joint boot: clamp for fastening the boot on the hinge body; collar of fastening of a cover on a drive shaft
We show the installation of a universal band clamp that secures the cover to the hinge housing.
Installing the clamp in the groove of the cover..
... with pliers we pull out the tape, squeezing the clamp.
At the same time, with other pliers, it is necessary to rest against the lock of the clamp or the latch tabs, holding the clamp from turning.
Tightly pulling the clamp, bend the elongated end of the tape in the opposite direction.
Holding the tape in a taut position, we check the tightening of the clamp, trying to move the clamp by its lock along the groove of the cover. If the clamp moves, it is not tightened enough and the clamp must be tightened again.
Tighten the clamp..
... we bend the tabs of the latch onto the tape.
In the same way, we fix the cover with a clamp on the drive shaft.
We check the reliability of fastening the hinge cover with clamps. With angular movements of the hinge body relative to the shaft, the cover should not move from the body and move along the drive shaft, as well as rotate on them. Extra end of clamp band (behind the tabs of the tape retainer) bite off side cutters.