Ball Joint Boot Replacement - Honda Civic 1998 Service Manual

Ball joint Boot Replacement
'96 - '97 modol:
L Remove the boot set ring and the boot.
GAUTION: Do not contaminate the boot installa-
tion section with gtease.
Pack the interior of the boot and lip with grease.
Wipe the grease off the sliding surface of the ball
pin, then pack the lower area with fresh grease.
CAUTION:
. Keep grsase off th6 boot installation section and
the tapered s6stion ot the ball pin.
. Do nol allow dust. dirt, or othar foteign matori-
2 .
3 .
als to enter the boot.
LIP
BALL PIN TAPERED
SECTION
Wipe off the grease.
BOOT INSTALLATION
SECTION
Wipe off the grease.
SECTION
Wipe off the grease-
Install the boot in the groove of the boot installation
section securelv, then bleed the air from the boot.
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ADJUSTING BOLT
Adjust the depth
by turning the bolt.
SET RING
Adjust the special tool with the adjusting bolr until
the end of the tool aligns with the groove on the
boot. Slide the set ring over the tool and into posi-
I r o n .
CAUTION: After installing tho boot, chock the batt
pin tap€rod section tor gtsase contamination and
wipo il if necess8ry.
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'98 modol:
CAUTION: Do not contaminate tho boot instsllation sec.
tion with grease.
1. Remove the boot from the tie-rod end, and wioe the
old grease off the ball pin,
2.
Pack the lower area ofthe ball pin with fresh grease.
3. Pack the interior of the new boot and liD with fresh
grease.
GAUTION:
. Ke€p grgase offtha boot installation soction and
lhe tapered soction if the batl pin.
. Do not allow dust, dirt. or othor foroign materials
to enter ths boot,
BOOT INSTALI."A
sEcnoN
Wipe offthe grease.
Install the new boot using the special tool as shown
oerow,
NOTE: The boot must not be a gap at the boot instaf
lation sections.
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CAUTION: Aft€r installing the
pin taperod sgction for gr€ase
wipo it il nocessary.
FRONT HUB
DIS/ASSEMBLY IOOL
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boot, chock the ball
contamination, and