How To Replace An Outer CV Joint On A MK4 VW (TDI Manual)

[@williamgrady4088]

So that’s how you get it off. Nice 👍

[@johnwatson2702]

Dude, You Rock!! Great tutorial & solid advice on the parts.

[@OC3707]

The Right side WILL vibrate if it's aftermarket and not the tube style that VW uses. Had to redo mine because of that. Ended up just changing out the joint on the original axle, that I thankfully saved, and it worked fine. It must be a tube style because of the tendency of items to vibrate at their natural frequency especially when the engines frequency matches it. The tube makes it light enough to only vibrate at higher frequencies that are not noticed in the cabin. Mine was bad at 1800 and 3600 RPM if I remember. I used an aftermarket axle on the left and have not noticed any vibration issues.

[@winslow69]

Thanks for the mk4 content. Highly appreciated!

[@virtisconsole12]

There’s a different inner joint for the DSG transmission I have ‘13 Mk6 TDI sportwagen (love it, since I kept it from the dieselgate and had the free emission mods) but I just did FR axel and I had to return 2 to my parts stores bc they weren’t correct.. finally just went to IDparts and bought axle .. they were the only one with it in stock.. but now I could probably have just saved the joint and rebuilt it like you show.. great video 👍🏻

[@Jesus-hx5vg]

Loving these mk4 videos

[@gearhead4266]

Thanks man

[@Jesus-hx5vg]

@@gearhead4266 thank you! honestly

[@soringabriel4062]

Yes very helpful 👏

[@teknogroove]

I'm in the process of replacing my right side CV joints with GKN joints. The best price i could find for these new (not reground) joint kits were around $85 each. The inner joint was trashed (182k miles and torn boot) with heavy pitting. Regarding the outer joint, there's a splined disc spring and a plastic thrust washer. I lost track of how these are installed.i couldn't see in the video how you installed these, in which order. Thanks

[@gearhead4266]

There was no plastic washer on my joints and the splined washer you want it flaired up like a bowl

[@weeniewawa]

thanks. I was wondering how that joint came off. it seems that every channel I watch that uses Gopro cameras complains how bad they are.

[@gearhead4266]

Yah unfortunately I'm setup for gopro and for some odd reason, gopro manages to make a a new camera worse than the previous one but at least the picture quality is good

[@weeniewawa]

@@gearhead4266 lots of channels are going to the DJI camera but it has its own set of problems. I finally got the bearings back in the cage, lots of grease on my hands but it got wiped back in. thanks for the instructional video.

[@brokenlowridervw]

This is my front right. I can't get the spindle to line up and go through the rotor. I removed the 3, 13mm bolts and swung it free. Installed deep part. Do the 3 bolts have to be back in to slide it through? Any tips on what to do to give me more room to lift up? I don't know what to do. I'm so damn close.

[@gearhead4266]

You just do it in reverse, slide the spline in as you slide the ball joint in. If it's not wanting to go in, then you might have a damaged spline

[@brokenlowridervw]

I'm guessing I have to take it back off the flange part and do it together. Will I need new bolts if I take these off?

[@gearhead4266]

@@brokenlowridervw I've never replaced them

[@brokenlowridervw]

​@@gearhead4266 Thanks!

[@MrJeepin88]

What if you just need the boot CV axle I bought new from vw I put about 20,000 miles on it did not make noise but boot got a tear in it and started leaking can you take off the end without having to replace it

[@gearhead4266]

Yes you can

[@MrJeepin88]

@@gearhead4266 do you need to replace the circlip when doing that or just leave the old one in and pop it back on with the dead blow hammer

[@fullstopfullstopfullstopfu205]

great video

[@linwizz2126]

Can you pull and replace the outer joint on the car or will this damage the inner joint?

[@gearhead4266]

It can damage the inner joint yes

[@justinrrizzo]

Thanks bud!

[@bradleyhille6163]

OEM axles are pushing 500 now, a new joint is 35. Seems like a no brainer, the axle is rarely the point of failure, its almost always the joint.