Repair Procedures: Disassembly

NOTE:

Do not disassemble the BJ assembly.
Special grease must be applied to the drive shaft joint. Do not substitute with another type of grease.
The boot band should be replaced with a new one.

Remove the clip (B) from driveshaft splines (A) of the transaxle side.

Fig 1: Identifying Clip And Driveshaft Splines
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Remove both boot bands from the transaxle side UTJ case.

Fig 2: Removing Boot Bands
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Pull out the boot from the transaxle side joint(UTJ).
When separating the joint and boot (A), remove the grease from the UTJ case (B).

Fig 3: Identifying Boot And UTJ Case
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CAUTION:
- Be careful not to damage the boot.
- According to illustration below, put alignment marks across spider roller assembly (A), UTJ case (B), shaft splines (C) to aid in reassembly.
Fig 4: Identifying Spider Roller Assembly, UTJ Case And Shaft Splines
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Using a plier or flat-tipped (-) screwdriver, remove the snap ring (A).

Fig 5: Removing Snap Ring
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Remove the spider assembly (B) from drive shaft (A) by using the Special Tool(09495-33000).

Fig 6: Identifying Spider Assembly And Drive Shaft
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Clean the spider assembly.
Remove the boot (A), of the transaxle side joint(UTJ).
CAUTION: Wrap tape (B) around the driveshaft splines (C) to protect the boot (A).

Fig 7: Identifying Tape, Driveshaft Splines And Boot
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Remove both side of bands (B, C) of the dynamic damper (A).

Fig 8: Identifying Bands And Dynamic Damper
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Fix the driveshaft (A) with a vice (B) as illustrated.

Fig 9: Identifying Driveshaft And Vice
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Apply soap powder on the shaft to prevent damage between the shaft spline and the dynamic damper when the dynamic damper is removed.
Separate dynamic damper (A) from the shaft (B) carefully.

Fig 10: Identifying Dynamic Damper And Shaft
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Remove both bands on the side of wheel.

Fig 11: Identifying Bands On Side Of Wheel
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Pull out the joint(BJ) boot on the side of wheel into the transaxle direction.

CAUTION: Be careful not to damage the boot.