CV joints again, Can they be assembled wrong? Options

[gklinger]

So... I too am working to clean and relube my CV joints. Got one apart and cleaned, wear doesn't appear to be anything to be concerned about. I put it back together dry; went together fine. Now, there's no play at all between the inner and outer ball races. The cage moves in and out, the balls follow accordingly, but there is no movement at all in the relationship between the inner and outer parts. And so now I can't get the inner hub to swivel to get the damn thing back apart. WTF did I do now? Am I screwed? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif)

[Gint]

Mike Mueller provided a very good write up with pics in a recent htread in the garage.

massaging the balls

follow the red spots..pay attention to the how the "point" goes to the "wide" section of the mating part.

starting at the top picture, if both hands are on the CV at the 9 and 3 o'clock postion, your fingers on your left hand would be pushing "up" while your thumb on the right hand would be pushing down.

When the middle section is about 90° to it's original postion, it will slide right out (with a little help, but not much)

reassembly is reverse...

[sawtooth]

This classic saved my sanity tonight, thanks! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)