so i just finished replacing both boots on the front right side (US passenger side). Am i missing something, or was the green "housing" deal supposed to come off the diff?
Let me tell you what i did.
Removed the brake caliper and held it out of the way (just for some clearance to work), then removed both lower strut bolts, and then removed the hidden clip thingy, and pulled the axle out of the green housing on the diff end. Low and behold a few of the ball bearings fell out. No one mentioned this would happen. So i went ahead and pulled out the others so they wouldn't hit the ground, then followed thru with removing all the stuff off the shaft, replacing the boots, and putting it all back together (and i broke my brand new cv boot clamp thingy, hunka crap by powerbuilt).
So the cv itself comes apart really easily, and i didn't really have any problems at all, but no one seems to mention that the ball bearings would fall out.
I thought that was strange.
So anyway, how do you, and when would you, remove the green thing on the side of the diff??
