Just found this pic.



That whole thing is the "cv half shaft". This is exactly how they come from Napa for my Trooper. So you can see, the outer cv is done and ready for install. The inner one just requires grease, and some grease in the green cup, then you insert the cv into the green cup, replace the large c-clip, pull the boot over the cup and reclamp it. Done.

But Mark, I see what you are saying. I think you could take everything off the outer portion of the axle and then rebuild it from there. Never tried it, but you could. It would suck though because I assume your outer boot is already clamped in place and ready to go. So you would have to source a new CV boot clamp or use a zip tie or something.

Bart