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I've been awfully quiet, not even lurking, just in one of those not-many-car-problems periods, which is fine with me.  But now I'm back with a question.

Daughter and I set out to change a couple of ball joints on her '03 Forester today.  They were, of course, a PITA to get out, and at this point one is changed.  But we ran into a bit of nastiness in the process:  The inner CV pulled apart, which was a really rude surprise.  I'm accustomed to the older cylindrical type that are roll-pinned to the diff shaft.  This one just presses in and the housing is hexagonal.  But the shaft and tri-pot roller assembly just pulled out of the housing.  Haynes says there's supposed to be a retaining ring in there, but there's no groove for one.  So do you just have to be careful never to tension one of these type, because all that's keeping it together is the boot, and if it slides off, you're SOL?

 

 

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