Remove the front wheel drive (see Removal the front wheel drives).
We clean the hinge from the outside and clamp the drive shaft in a vice with soft metal jaw pads.
We pry off the retaining ring with a screwdriver…
…and we take it off.
We cut the large clamp that secures the cover with side cutters..
…or, by inserting a screwdriver blade into the clamp lock, we loosen it…
…we disconnect and remove the clamp.
We remove the small clamp in the same way.
We move the hinge cover along the shaft.
If we remove the hinge only to replace the cover..
…we use a file to mark the relative positions of the shaft joint housing and the three-pin joint.
We use pliers to open the three-spike retaining ring..
… and we remove it from the shaft groove.
We remove the three-spike assembly with rollers from the shaft.
We remove the cover from the shaft.
Carefully clean the shaft and joint from old grease if the joint will be used in the future.
We apply a thin layer of new grease to the shaft and put on a new cover.
We install the three-spike in the reverse order.
We replace the retaining rings and clamps with new ones.
We put new grease into the cavities of the hinge housing and cover, a total of 140–160 g.
We install the cover on the hinge body.
Using a thin-bladed screwdriver, move the edge of the case away from the body to equalize the air pressure inside and outside the case.
We fasten it with clamps (see Removal the outer hinge).
[The article is reprinted from the website: CHEVYMAN.ru]