Working on the Outer CV Joint, Front Driver's Side, 1999 Audi S6 Avant

So today me and Kelvin started the rebuild of the front driver side axle in Mr.Gamarra's 1999 Audi S6 Avant. What we were able to do was open the outer CV-joint by taking off 2 rings that kept it on the axle, using a flathead screwdriver to pry it off. After that we had to research the next steps, which were to put the axle on a vice grip and use use a steak (basically a metal wedge) and hammer on the inner ball race to knock the CV-joint off a round clip on the axle and fully pull it off. 

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Remember that this is packed with axle grease, so safety gloves are a must! We used rags to clean as much grease as we could until we could see what was inside. Inside the joint was a ball cage, 6 ball bearings and another peice, the name of which I forgot and will be editted in as soon as I know. We marked an arbitrary position '1' with black marker so we could remember the positioning of the ball bearings inside the inner ball race. We put the 6 ball bearings inside 6 respectively labelled cups (going clockwise from our marked 1 positioning.) Then we used zip ties to mark which side faces up on the ball cage and the number one position marked previously not only to indicate the side facing up position, but as a back up mark for our '1' position, since we would be cleaning these parts in the parts washer. For those of you that don't know, parts washer fluid washes away permanent marker.