Help CV joint change issues? Options

[bdog_v]

Heeeelllllppppp!!!!!!, I am currently trying to change the outer boot on the passenger side drive axle or cv joint. The chilton manual says to remove the inboard boot and joint (Which I did) then remove the dynamic dampner, which I can't figure out how to get off for the life of me!! It is a metal cylinder with rubber inside it.
-Has anyone ever removed this dampner before... The toyota dealer didn't even know how to get it off!!!!




-But he did tell me the outboard cv joint should pound off, so I don't have to remove the dampner....
*However I tried this on the other axle and it didn't want to pound off????? Any ideas on how to do this? Is there a clip on the other side holding it on that I can't see????? This is on a 94 2.2 liter 5 speed celica....





THanks BrandonA.

[Rjb23]

1st cut the old boot off with a razor blade or something and remove the clamps that hold it on too. Then clean the grease out so you can see where the shaft goes into the joint. Now you need a vice, punch and hammer. Now put the axle in the vice clamping it so the out joint is pointing down and the vice is holding the axle by the shaft. Now you take the punch and hit the outer cv joint where the shaft goes into it, there should be 3 or 4 things that go out that the bearing sit in, don't hit on the ball bearings hit on the solid metal things next to the shaft. You have to hit it a few times really hard, we usually use a sledge hammer because of the extra force. The cv joint should pop off, if you break the circlip that hold the shaft on, you need a magnet to dig around inside the cv joint and make sure there are no pieces of it left in there before you put the new circlip on that should have come with your new boot. Anyway after that just put it back together the same way it came apart.