Originally Posted by Zulfiqar

The way I deal with them is to remove the inner joint completely - which is very easy as its only held in by a circlip, then remove the joint, its boot and then slide the outer boot off the shaft.

I then proceed to wash the entire thing to remove any old waxy grease. I dont remove the tin can itself.


btw - the video you show is not quite applicable to the W124 - the axle in the video is from an older W123 or W126 with the can axles - those cans require some very expensive tooling to seal up and they are filled with gear oil from the factory too.

I have written the grease charge weight for the W124 rear axles somewhere. the outers take more than average CV joints due to that tin can. And use a good but slightly soft moly infused grease in them.