hi folks, there is what looks like some kind of weight thing on the offside drive shaft on my cinq, i dont know what its called and to be honest i dont know what it does either and its getting in the way of me taking the cv boot off. Tried removing it but screws are rusted in. i have used a few different methods of trying to get them out but was unsuccesful so my last resort is going medevil on it and get rid of it that way, only thing is im not sure if it is needed and if i go try and get one from the scrappies then i feel i may be faced with the whole screws rusted in again.

does anyone know if it is needed, what it is called and what it does.

cheers gregor

You don't need to take the balance weight off to change either CV boot.

Cheers

SPD

i take it there is i big circlip holding in the cv joint/drive shaft on to the hub and i need to remove that.

cheers gegor

Yup, got it in one.

Far easier than trying to get the weight off, and then you'd need to put it back in exactly the same place.

Cheers

SPD

It is a vibration damper, the shaft is long enough to twist in vibration, like a crankshaft... I not remove it...

Noel

No i didmy few months back took 20 minutes to do the job, warm the boot up inhot water and it will pull over the damper and other obsructions.

well i have already taken out the drive shaft just to giv myself more space to work. how do i get the boot on as the cv joint and the damper is in the way
and damper screws are rusted in so am kinda screwed there lol

Either take the CV joint off, circlip.

or

Put the new boot in very hot water then stretch it over.

Cheers

SPD

iv been looking over the cv joint and i cant find any circlip like and iv tryed stretching it over but its pretty hard and its starting to annoy me a little can you point me in the right direction of the circlip cause i cant see one like bearing in mind that it is the side that goes in to the hub

The circlip is round the top of the CV joint where the shaft goes in.

Did you fully heat the boot before trying to stretch it?

Cheers

SPD

ye man boiled the kettle put the boot in a basson and had it in the boiling water for about a minute 30 then tryed it but didnt happen so decided to steal a driveshaft of one of my other cinqs made life so much easier but thanks so much for the help i will put the boot on the other drive shaft when i dont feel so annoyed with it lol

cheers gregor