Shadow wrote:Ashley_bmx wrote:McLarryBob wrote:I don't see how loosening the kingpin bearings would make it any easier to get the CV out. It's not like they make the opening any bigger...
Maybe the CV is a cheap after market one made a tiny bit smaller to cut costs?
You have to take the king pins out. The bearings are recessed into the top of the knuckle end. And the king pins locate and retain the bearings. You should not be able to take the cv out without removing the king pins. All i can think of is that it has sheered off the king pin ends.
bullshit
Taken from the "how to change a hilux CV" thread in the hilux bible:
Remove the bolts and the seals around the back of the swivel housing
take hub off and then remove the C clip that is on the end of the axle
take off the top steering arm off the swivel.
Lossen the bottom foru bolts on the swivel king pin.
Then simply remove the whole rotor/caliper,swivel housing in one piece. To do this you need to slightly lift and pull the top out wards, as it comes off over the top you need to go down wards with it so that the bottom king pin and bearing comes out of its hole/race.
Once you have this bit off just sit it to the side on top of the wheel, you don`t have to touch the wheel bearing or the brakes this way. Then you are left with the CV hanging out of the housing.
and
1. Remove tyre.
2. Remove 10mm bolts from locking hub.
3. Remove Circlip from the end of the birfield
4. Remove the 12mm Nuts and use a Brass drift and knock out the cone locks. (the rest of the free wheeling hub will come off)
5. Undo the two 17mm Bolts on the back of the Brake caliper and slide the caliper of the disk.
6. Using a 54mm socket ( or as i do a Big screw Driver and a hammer) remove the two locking nuts from the Stub axle. (Note, there is a flat washer that has little tabs that will be bent over onto the nuts, this stops them from working loose, you need to unfold the tab before you can undo the nuts)
7. Remove the whole hub (the front bearing is not retained, so don't let it drop in the dirt, the rear bearing is retained and will not fall out)
8. Undo the 14mm bolts that hold the Stub axle on (the disk brake cover will also fall away when you undo these bolts)
9.You will then see the Birfield (the birfield has two flats that are machined on them, these need to be rotated around until they are at the top and the bottom) when the two flats are lined up, the birfield with a bit of help will come straight out.
10. Replace the Busted or worn out Cv with a new or good secondhand one ( or if funds permits a Longfield). You only need to replace the CV the AXLE will still be ok. To remove the CV from the axle use a piece of pipe, slide the axle into the pipe and bang it on the ground. The cv will pop off, there is a sping clip that usually needs to be replaced when you remove the CV from the axle.
11. Instilation is the opposite. Just pack the CV with grease and put it all back together.
Theres a couple different ways of doing it that might be adding to the confusion.
I was pretty sure i had to undo the nuckle bearings first to pull out my CV but ive pulled my diffs apart to rebuild them so the nuckle bearings had to be undone ayway.
Sorry for the confusion
Anyway non of this is helping hahaha. I think ill just order a rebuild kit and give that a run and maybe check the diameter of the cvs and nuckles at the same time.
I was hoping the 79 series was a bit different in a way that would explain it.
