Toyota Repair: My friend has a 95 Toyota..., chevy caviler, cv boots

Question
My friend has a 95  Toyota Avalon 2.2 liter 6 cyl.
He took his vehicle into a Toyota dealership and they told him he was going to need CV boots and his timing belt was due to be changed.

The vehicle has approx 140,000 miles on it.

I was wondering how hard the CV boots are to change and the timing belt.I have worked on a few cars before, breaks, tune ups, tie rods, ball joints, and a head gasket on a Chevy caviler.

I have not worked on a Toyota yet.

Can these 2 procedures be done at home, any special tools required to do this and if possible some general direction on these 2 procedures.

Thank you

Steve


Answer
The most difficult part about the timing belt is the front pulley nut, they can be extremely tight and need to be removed with an air wrench, then it's just a matter of removing the timing covers, there is an automatic belt tensioner that has to be compressed, then you put a steel pin in it and release it when it's back on.
The left side axle can be removed by first removing the axle nut, this is also very tight(about 300ft/lbs) bolts from the struts and the lower ball joint, remove the brake caliper and the rotor then you can move the steering knuckle out of the way and pry the axle out of the transmission, the right side is a two piece shaft and what we normally do is remove the outer part only, remove the 10mm allen bolts, once the axle is on the bench carefully remove the inner cv joint, there is a snap ring, remove it, remove the clamp and tap the cv joint off, have someone hold it toghether, don't let it fall apart if the bearings fall out it is almost impossible to get the joint back together unless you know exactly how to do it.
After the inner boot is off you can replace the outer one, the outer cv joint normally refuses to come off.