Aspire CV axle removal

[Zanzer]

Not to make light of your situation Tom, But that is funniest thing EVAR!!!


And for the record Tom, I don't believe either...but all of my axles have always came out LOL

[TominMO]

The Book of the Tribulations of Tominmo

Chapter I

1 And it came to pass that Tominmo did decide to change out his Aspire driver side CV axle.
2 But the Lord said, Tominmo, for thy unbelief in Me thou art a schmuck, and thee pisseth me off mightily. For this cause will I smite thee.
3 And so the Lord did fubar Tominmo's CV axle circlip, and the passenger side one too, for good measure.
4 For three days did Tominmo struggle mightily with his CV axle, using many choice words in the process. But the axle would in no wise depart from the transmission, for the Lord had fubared the circlip.
5 On the fourth day the Lord, seeing how Tominmo stuggled mightily but in vain, and suffered in anguish, did relent and decide to give him aid. But when the Lord fubars something, even He cannot unfubar it.
6 So He went to His chief auto mechanic (for there are many Ferraris and Porsches and suchlike in Heaven) and said, How can we assist Tominmo, for though he is a schmuck I would have mercy on him.
7 And the chief mechanic said, Lord, I will go down and assist him with his tribulations.
8 On the next day did a stranger appear to Tominmo, and discussing his problem with him, suggested he just put a new boot on the axle and be done with it. And Tominmo did not know this was an Angel of the Lord, for his aspect was as that of a nerd.
9 So Tominmo took the angel's advice and was able to get his Aspire on the road again. And when he had closed the hood, the Angel of the Lord revealed himself to Tominmo, saying, Lo, I am an Angel of the Lord, and His chief mechanic, sent here by the Lord God to assist you. And having said that, he vanished most dramatically.
10 And Tominmo was struck with awe at these events, and cried out in a loud voice, saying, Holy bat guano, Neanderpaul is right!
11 And then Tominmo went in search of a suitable sacrifice to make to the Lord. But as there were no coffee shops within one hour's march from his home, he was unable to find any members of the Birkenstock tribe to sacrifice.
12 For the Lord hath no use for the Birkenstockians, who do not regrad the majesty of the Lord, and waste time with the hugging of trees, and the saving of whales and the spotted owl. Plus they drove Smart cars.
13 And the Lord had given instructions that anyone who liked Smart cars could in no wise enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but must instead go to the Other Place, where there were only Ladas.
14 But just then his neighbor El-mer, of the Fuhd clan, arrived from a day of hunting; for the Fuhds were mighty and renowned hunters. And El-mer gave unto Tominmo a hare which he had just killed, so that he could make a sacrifice.
15 And Tominmo made a sacrifice to the Lord, but being as it was only a hare, he vowed to drive to the coffee shop on the next day. And so he made a club from and old CV axle, and the next day he did visit a nearby coffee shop, and gave the Birkenstockians what for.
16 And the days of Tominmo were long and prosperous, for no longer did the Lord smite him. Much.

[TominMO]

Tom, you should invest in an electric impact gun... just sayin'.

It would be nice of course, but I don't think I do enough wrenching to justify it.

[Zanzer]

^^ X2

Picking up one tomorrow just for stubborn crank pulley bolts.

[FestYboy]

Tom, you should invest in an electric impact gun... just sayin'.

[TominMO]

To get the bolt loose just put the car in 1st gear and rip the E-brake so the car cant move at all. Use the compression of the engine, the trannies 1st gear, and the Ebrake to give you enough leverage to break the bolt loose. I think at one point I tried to fish the belt through and couldnt get it because of the pulley. Not to sure but you can try.

EDIT- just noticed you said you have the A/C pulley.... Might have to take the side engine mount bolt out and drop the engine down in order to get a socket on the bolt.

I doubt that just putting it into 1st will be enough to keep the motor from spinning. But I do think I can get my breaker bar and a socket on it. Good point about the engine mount, if needed.

I could always try removing the starter and sticking my prybar in the flywheel teeth. That's how I broke crank bolts loose on Subarus.

Edit: putting it into gear probably will work--my front wheels are in the air, and I was thinking that way. Plus one axle is out! So I have to put the axle in, drop the wheels onto the ground, and then go for it.

[georgeb]

Need tutorial on how to get outer joint apart. My FSM says it doesn't happen. According to it you must install a new outer boot from the other side after completely removing inner joint.

[kartracer46]

It would be easier with the pulley off and the Aspire has the big nose crank so the bottom pulley has to come off anyhow. The belt won't slip between the bottom pulley and the oil pan flange.

[91_festy_Gl]

To get the bolt loose just put the car in 1st gear and rip the E-brake so the car cant move at all. Use the compression of the engine, the trannies 1st gear, and the Ebrake to give you enough leverage to break the bolt loose. I think at one point I tried to fish the belt through and couldnt get it because of the pulley. Not to sure but you can try.

EDIT- just noticed you said you have the A/C pulley.... Might have to take the side engine mount bolt out and drop the engine down in order to get a socket on the bolt.

[TominMO]

For clarification, what I tried to do first was use the new shaft and inner and outer CV, with the inner tripot bearings installed into the old cup; but the cup was too small for the new bearings.

Then later on I tried removing the new inner tripot bearings from the new axle, thinking I could put the old tripot bearings on, so they would fit into the old cup. That didn't work either, because while I could easily get the old inner bearings off the old axle, the new bearings wouldn't easily come off the new axle after I removed the C-clip.

So, Plan C: reuse all the old hardware, after putting on a new boot and greasing the heck out of all the bearings. Repeat on the pass. side. Hope I didn't fubar the driver side seal in trying to get the cup off. Both of my inner CV boots are good, with minor cracking; I just hit them with some Armorall to moisten the rubber so they'll last longer.
Plus I just put on a new generic cat and B-pipe (both had just rusted thru), and refurbed the muffler; and I'm also doing the timing belt/tensioner, agua pump and camshaft seal. Then I get to do some bodywork on the rad support and other little areas in there. I'm actually enjoying the whole thing, except for that cup issue.

Some questions:
Is it possible to stick a new timing belt on by threading it between the pulley and oilpan? Or does the pulley definitely have to come off? If so, what's the best way to remove it, i.e. get the bolt loose? I have the Aspire double pulley, because it has A/C.

[GenevaDirt]

The outer CV joint doesn't come off. Don't ask me how they assemble/rebuild these things. Also there are two different kind of inner joint. 3-ball and 6-ball. You can't put the innards from one into another.

not sure which ones you have been working with but I have had them apart before.

[kartracer46]

The outer CV joint doesn't come off. Don't ask me how they assemble/rebuild these things. Also there are two different kind of inner joint. 3-ball and 6-ball. You can't put the innards from one into another.

Really? I'll be happy to post some pics to show you how they do it.

[georgeb]

The outer CV joint doesn't come off. Don't ask me how they assemble/rebuild these things. Also there are two different kind of inner joint. 3-ball and 6-ball. You can't put the innards from one into another.

[kartracer46]

must of missed it....he tried just using the new outer cv joint but the bearings were slightly larger.

They pop off with a circlip off the end of the axle on splines similar to the shaft in the trans. He could have just used the whole end off the shaft and the bearing size has no effect.

Just took 6 old Festiva used axles and built a good set for the wifey's 93 to get it going for a while till I can afford new one's.

[GenevaDirt]

I ended up just purchashing a service set that had the C looking clip that you slide up in there and use a punch and a Bammer to get it out.

Hope you get it soon, if not you can actually remove the outer CV joint and pop a new one and a fresh boot on to get you going.

must of missed it....he tried just using the new outer cv joint but the bearings were slightly larger.