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)

[Allan]

QUOTE (Mark Henry @ May 19 2005, 05:02 AM)

Rusty has it. Yep you can put it together the wrong way, done it many times myself. Take it apart and turn it one groove. They are a puzzle but once together right they should move in and out freely.

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif) I ran into the same problem when I did mine. The left one went back together fine but the rght one just didn't seem to want to go back together. It would go back together but wouldn't have any axial movement. After a few tries I rotated it over one groove and all was well. Make sure you get those snap rings on good when you re-install it.