Brinkley

Hey guys,

Today I took a broken half shaft that came out of my Boxster S racecar and wondered about the CV joint that is on the "wheel hub" side. The transmission is the Original Boxster S 6 speed and the half shafts are stock. Usually when I brake them...they break near the CV joint closest to the transmission or it breaks near or at the "gearing" right near the end of the shaft where the hub nut bolts on.

So I was looking at the CV joint/wheel hub end of the part and was wondering if/how you remove this joint and keep the large diameter wheel hub end as a spare. I am looking down inside the boot and see the CV Joint but can't figure out how to get to the outer end where I believe a cir-clip would be located. Pics below to help understand what I'm looking at.

Larry Herman

You have to cut the metal housing off where it "pinches in" on the CV joint.

claykos

It's also possible to pry up the crimp with a flat blade screwdriver. It's a pain but I have done it before.

Brinkley

So...with the words "cut off" and "pry off" would I be correct is saying that this end of the half shaft is not designed to be reused or matted to a brand new shaft by itself.

If you cut it or pry it off your only going to see the CV joint from the boot side. The cir-clip is on the outboard side so how do you remove that if you do cut it off?

Brinkley

Let me clarify which part we are cutting or prying off. The brass/gold colored cover that the boot slips over, correct?

claykos

Yes, the gold colored cover has a crimped lip over the outer CV (part with the stub axle). You remove it, then you can take the ***** out of the CV joint cage which will let you take off the outer part with the stub axle. Then you can remove the circlip and take off the part of the CV with the cage.

You can set up the outer CV to be servicable/rebuildable by tapping the outer CV for a few screws to hold the gold cover on after you have removed the crimp.

Brinkley

Thank you for the clarification Claykos. Like you said earlier...Pain in the ***.

bobt993

As Larry described the best method is to put it on a metal lathe and carefully cut the crimp off. We then tapped the main metal carrier and installed allens to make it servicable in the future.

claykos

Yes this is the best way. If you dont have access to a lathe it is possible to carefully pry up the crimped edge, but as i said its a pain!