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In this video, we're going to show you how to rebuild your front CV Joint on your front drive shaft on this 2006 Jeep Liberty. The items you'll need for this are a new Front CV joint rebuild kit from 1AAuto.com, an 8 millimeter socket and ratchet, 6 millimeter Allen bit, flat blade screwdriver, a hammer, jack and jack stands, and snap ring pliers. It's not required, but having a second person will make this procedure a lot easier.
The front drive shaft is located right here. It's held in on either end with a series of 8 millimeter bolts. We'll start off by removing the front 8 millimeter bolts. Using a hammer and a flat blade screwdriver, break that front part free. We'll just fast forward as Don removes the 8 millimeter bolts on the other side. It helps to have another person holding the drive shaft while someone else removes the bolts, but you can brace it yourself. Again, using a flat blade screwdriver and a hammer, you just want to hit this end out. Once it's broken free, you just want to tilt it up and pull it down the mount.
Using a flat blade screwdriver and a hammer, you just want to get the screwdriver underneath the clip. Once you've got it under the clip, you can just pry at it with the screwdriver until you break that clip free. It pulls right off. We'll fast forward as Don does this to the smaller one at the bottom of that boot. Now, using a razor blade, you want to just cut this boot off. Using a flat blade screwdriver and a hammer, you want to pry off the top part of your CV joint. We're just going to fast forward here as he pries at it all the way around. Eventually, that cap will break off. You want to just pull everything off. Using a rag, clean up the area. Using snap ring pliers, you want to just pull this clip off. Use a hammer and just hit this top part of off the drive shaft.
On the left is the old CV joint. On the right is the new one from 1A Auto. You can see they're identical. This kit comes with everything you need to rebuild the CV joint. Slide the boot and the smaller clamp down into place. Slide the larger clamp down, and then, the bottom part of the CV joint, and then, the actual joint itself. Then, hammer it down into place carefully, you don't want to damage anything. Now, replace that C-clip up at the top, using your snap ring pliers. Now, take the supplied grease and fill up the top and bottoms of the joint. Replace the bolts into the cap and make sure that gasket's lined up. You want to push this into place. You're just using this to line everything up. Once you pushed that into place, push the bottom part into place and then hammer it on, carefully, not bending anything. You can pull those bolts back out and slide the boot on and then replace those two clips. To tighten this up, take a pair of pliers and just pull it tight. Bend it back into that clip and push the tabs down. We'll fast forward as Don does the smaller one. Clip off the extra.
Feed the rear-end of the drive shaft up first, and you want to feed it up past where it's supposed to go. Push the front part of your drive shaft into place and then lower the rear-end down into place. Now, replace the bolts. You can see that this comes with new bolts that are 6 millimeter Allen bolts. We'll just fast forward as Don tightens those up. Having a second person can come in handy right now. You want him to hold the wheel so that you can tighten these bolts up without the drive shaft turning. You can also just brace the wheel with something. You don't necessarily need another person to hold it. Tighten these bolts to 12 to 14 foot pounds. You want to repeat the process on the other end. Again, we'll just fast forward here as Don tightens up those 8 millimeter bolts. Once you've tightened up all the bolts, you're all set.
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