'Nother newb CV joint questions *sigh*

[VXorado]

Jon, I would have to, respectfully, disagree. When I replaced my front half shafts I didn't have to remove the lower ball joint to get the shaft out. Once the inner CV joint is taken apart there is more than enough room to get the whole shaft to slide out of the spindle from behind.

Umm, did we mention that? I assume (you know what they say about that) that you know the shaft needs to slide out of the spindle towards the center of the VX, but if you've never done this repair before it might not be that obvious.

But without the lower balljoint unbolted from the control arm, how do you have enough room to split the inner CV from the green cup?

From my experience, there's not enough width (green cup to spindle) to pull the CV from the green cup without the ball joint disconnected. I always removed the hub and lower BJ, removed the boot clamp & retaining ring on green cup, pulled the spindle away & upward (seperating the green cup & CV), moved the free end of the half-shaft toward the side and finally pulled the halfshaft from the spindle.

If there's an alternative method, I'd love to learn it! It would save a bit of time if you don't have to remove the lower ball joint.