Originally Posted by gagarin (Post 17064)

Some time ago, I tried to loose the hub nut (36mm) at one of my front wheels. I tried to do this in order to inspect the hub bearings, since I heard popping noise while driving. I took a wrench 3feet length, jacks under it. The car just raised. The nut sucked. And so I was unable to unscrew the nut. But now I have another story (problem).


Now the Boot at external CV joint is damaged.
Questions:
- How to replace it?
- Do I still have to unscrew the hub nut, or this is not necessary?
For example, Can I unscrew the ball-joint, shock absorbers with the spring, remove the brake caliper and other stuff and pull out the axis together with the hub from the gear box? Will this work? After that I will need to disassemble one of the two CV-joint and I can change both Boots. That is my guess! :(

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