Hi,
More help needed with my MX-6 2.5 V6 Automatic.
When i removed the drive shafts to change the boots i took one of them apart by removing the circlip from the tri-ball joint but the right side shaft came apart at the outer joint, the shaft simply pulled out of the CV joint without effort so i must have dislodged it trying to get the shaft off the car. The outer joint is held in place by a spring wire the same way that the shafts are held in to the gearbox.
My problem now is that i can't get the shaft to go back in to the joint with the wire in place. I bought a new genuine Mazda spring wire, i've tried with the old wire and i've tried adjusting the new wire so it's a very even fit. When i've done joints like this before i just put the wire in the groove then gently hammered the shaft back in to the joint.
Am i doing something wrong?
The Probe / 626 workshop manual says it has a proper circlip to hold both joints on the shaft but my car doesn't.
Thanks.
Kevin
How to fit an outer CV joint.
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Bikergonebald
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How to fit an outer CV joint.
Owner of a 1992 Mazda MX-6 Auto, 2001 Jaguar XK8 and 1982 Honda CB900c.
Sorry guys I don’t have a probe (yet
) I’m asking questions here because I get better responses than on the US Mazda forum.
Sorry guys I don’t have a probe (yet
) I’m asking questions here because I get better responses than on the US Mazda forum.-
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Re: How to fit an outer CV joint.
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Re: How to fit an outer CV joint.
Are you sure the old snap ring is still not in the joint 
as they usually go straight in with a heavy tap
of a club hammer or was there never one there in the first place
as they usually go straight in with a heavy tapof a club hammer or was there never one there in the first place
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