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Has anyone changed a front one?

I know there is a You Tube tutorial from a ring company, but I want to know if anyone on this site has done one, and how easy/hard it was.

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Fantastic.

Looks like that is a damn cheap way to do it.

But there are 2 sizes. 86mm and 90mm. How will I know which is mine, and are they the same ring no matter which side you want it for?

This too...

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Thanks Jasper, but it doesn't really answer my question as to what size I need to order. I suppose ringing the local dealer might answer it though. 4mm is not a lot of tolerance to get it either right or wrong.

Typical bloody French. They know how to complicate things. Why didn't they just fit one size to the range?

You could take off the ring and measure it, it will probably come off easy.

You could fold a piece of string around the cv joint and measure the circumference then work out the diameter from that or fix the string into a circle and measure the diameter.

You could get a pair of calipers and measure the diameter of the cv joint.

You could get a large jubilee clip and screw it onto the cv joint then measure the diameter.

jasper5 wrote:You could fold a piece of string around the cv joint and measure the circumference then work out the diameter from that

This is the easiest way to determine it accurately: 86mm diameter is 270mm circumference, 90mm diameter is just shy of 283mm.

You could get a large jubilee clip and screw it onto the cv joint then measure the diameter.

risky, as jubilee clips aren't perfectly round

Excellent replies guys.

Been busy today putting large ham radio antennas up, so not had chance to do anything car related, but now I have the info, then I'll be on it soon.