CV Joint Removal and all related info, 300D

[davidh]

i have the axle out because the boots are bad and need replacing. i ordered and got the boot kit for inner and outer boots including the can or metal cover halves for one side, so now to figure out how all this works. . . . .

i peeled open the outer can so the joint could be disassembled and now must press off the inner spider (is that what its called ?)

i have a 40 ton press so i don;t think getting it off and on will be a problem but, there is this button called a "stop buffer" that is swedged into the center of the axel in 4 places that i am trying to figure out what purpose it serves and why i need to remove and grind the 4 swedges open that are on the end of the axle. it appears in the service manual that i am to chisel this stop buffer apart by splitting it with a chisel. i will then ruin it, and the manual sez there is no replacments available. . . boy does this not make sense.

can anyone tell me about this damn "stop buffer" ? before i destroy it with a cold chisel ? ? ?

and thento add insult to injury, how does one seal the two halves of the metal can conver without the special gizzmaki flange roller or who has one that can be rented ? ? ? ? ?

tusentuck (ten thousand thanks). . .

davidh (the old guy in the frozen northland)