CV Axle

[Midnight Sun]

Totally R3v'd the shit out of my driver's side axle.

Looks to be a pretty straight forward fix. But I am searching for a write up just to make sure I dont miss any steps and can't find anything.

Could someone link me? Or type something out.

I imagine it is gonna go something like, remove wheel, loosen the bolt on the hub, remove all those tork bolts from the halfshaft to the pumpkin pull the fucker out. Slide new one in, tap it with a hammer, tighten torks down, put bolt back on hub... blah blah blah... What am I missin?


I have searched for:
Replace/Remove/Install
axleshaft
halfshaft
cv axle
driveaxle

Couldnt find nuffin.


Thanks
-Haugland

[eighteight325is]

I imagine it is gonna go something like, remove wheel, loosen the bolt on the hub, remove all those tork bolts from the halfshaft to the pumpkin pull the fucker out. Slide new one in, tap it with a hammer, tighten torks down, put bolt back on hub... blah blah blah... What am I missin?

Don't forget about lifting the car and supporting it securely on jackstands having disconnected the negative battery cable. All good procedures need to start with that :D

The Bentley manual describes the process pretty well if you can locate/borrow one. Other than that your summarization of the job is pretty much what you are going to have to do. You will probably want to disconnect the rear differential mount and support the diff on a floor jack or block of wood to prevent having to bend the shit out of your CV joints during installation. This becomes more of an issue on the drivers side due to the exhaust running through.

Also, there are lock rings on the axle ends that are only meant for one time use. They are a 50 cent throw away part so there is no point in not replacing them.

Sometimes the splined ends of the shafts can be a bitch to get back through the bearing in the trailing arm. Make sure the splines on both the bearing and the axle are clean and put a light coat of grease on them before attempting to put them back together and you should be able to persuade enough of the threaded end through the trailing arm with firm pressure or gentle tapping using a block of wood on the back side of the axle. Once you can get the nut back on the other side give 'er some impact gun loving to pull it the rest of the way through. Typically while doing this I support the back side of the axle with a wire or bungy cord and bolt up the other end to the diff after the axle end is back through the trailing arm.