Ball Joint Boot Replacement - Honda Civic Service Manual

Ball joint Boot Replacement
'96 - '97 models:
1. Remove the boot set ring and the boot.
CAUTION: Do not contaminate the boot installa.
tion section with grsase.
2. Pack the interior of the boot and lip with grease.
3. Wipe the grease off the sliding surface of the ball
pin, then pack the lower area with fresh grease.
CAUTION:
. Keep grease off the boot installation seciion and
the tapered s€ction ot the ball pin.
. Do not allow dust, dirt, or oth6r foreign materi-
als to 6nt8r the boot.
LIP
EALL PIN TAPERED
SECTION
Wipe off the grease.
INSTALLATION
SECTION
Wipe off the grease.
Install the boot in the groove of the boot installation
section securely, then bleed the air from the boot.
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BOOT
SECTION
Wipe off the grease
4.
ADJUSTING BOLT
Adjust the depth
by turning the bolt.
SET RING
Adjust the special tool with the adjusting bolt until
the end of the tool aligns with the groove on the
boot. Slide the set ring over the tool and into posi-
U O n .
CAUTION: After installing the boot, qhsck the ball
pin tapered section for grease contamination and
wipe it it necGsary.
17-68
'98 - '00
models:
CAUTION: Do not contaminato the boot installation sec-
tion with grease.
1. Remove the boot from the tie-rod end, and wiDe 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.
CAUTION:
. Keop groasc ott tho boot installalion sestion and
th. iapored s.ction if th€ ball pin.
. Do not allow dust. dirt, or other foreign materials
to entor tho boot.
BOOT INSTALLA
SECTION
Wipe off the gr€ase,
Install the new boot using the special tool as shown
below.
NOTE: The boot must not be a gap atthe boot instal
lation sections.
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CAUTION: Aftor installing the boot, chock the batl
pin tapgred section tor grgase cortamination. and
wipe it it n€ces3ary.
FRONT HUB
DIS/ASSEMBLY TOOL
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