Outer CV Dust Shield

[SCRunner12]

I tried searching, but couldn't find an definite answers, so here we go. I just recently replaced the cv's on my mom's 03 with a set of reman Autozone cv's. The 4runner isn't lifted or modified at all so he just wanted to replace them and be done (no rebooting). When I installed them I noticed there weren't any dust shields so I swapped the inner dust shield (diff side), but couldn't figure out how to get the outer dust shield off. Because we were running out of day I installed them without the outer dust shield and didn't think twice. Now I'm wondering if I was supposed to some how remove and reinstall the dust shield onto the new CV. He already returned the OEM cv's for his core, so if I do need them, any idea where to get a set from?

The CV's looked just like the ones in the picture, with a inner shield, but no outer.

 

[fdbyrne]

Yes. You're supposed to take the shield from the old shaft and move it to the new. It keeps crap out of your bearings. You can't really buy them by themselves either.