Especially stubborn cv axle

[eurotiva]

Glad you got it out

[scitzz]

Jobs done.

[drddan]

Yes, it is good! There is always that moment of relief when the axles finally come out. Have a cold one and enjoy!

Pulled my GL axles sunday. I am always apprehensive when I start to pull axles!
So far, it has been okay. I havent run into really stuck axles.

[scitzz]

Yes, That worked for us at the Madness!

That it did, although I am always apprehensive about using that on good axles, but I knew we had good replacements directly at hand

Running around outside the asylum again with my tappy talky appy

[Ogresan]

I will see if I can get anyone to help get it out before I give up... these trannys are hard to find, and this one is in great shape. So if I pry while someone else yanks, spin and repeat I may have success? Brute force is clearly not the answer. The hardest part is getting the darn thing not to move while I pry, it isn't in the car. I am worried about having wrecked the bearings with all the hammering but its still better then the Aspys trans with the axle wiggling in the diff!

[crazyrog17]

Pry gently and tap the CV cup with a decent hammer. It helps if someone can turn it, you pry, tap a few times and repeat. Got mine out easy during my trans swap.

[Jblair]

I honestly think the amount of force depends on that damn c clip, they are not precise tention springs, they are a bent peice of metal, bot even a very round metal. Its crazy how that little thing holds so well in its grove, i noticed ny axle jad two spots it grabbed, the seated location and when it was about 1/4 inch away from axle seal it grabbed again, i did both side as i was also pulling tranny, same situation for both is my expeience. I tried tap, pull, spin, pry, it , came down to PRY!!!!!!!

[crazyrog17]

Well the clip wasn't in its groove then. The tapping at the start is to encourage it to center. From an engineering standpoint, it gets the job done, but removing it would have been easier if they tapered the inside of the splines on the diff. Nobody likes popped out cv shafts but nobody likes stuck 'serviceable' parts either.

[bobbyspider]

pry is the only thing that works. just leave the c clamp off in the new one

[Jblair]

Well the clip wasn't in its groove then. The tapping at the start is to encourage it to center. From an engineering standpoint, it gets the job done, but removing it would have been easier if they tapered the inside of the splines on the diff. Nobody likes popped out cv shafts but nobody likes stuck 'serviceable' parts either.

No kidding! All cars need axles removed at some point. I think that clip is horrible. My old accord had rounded edge clip, the festiva has harsh edges, it has a flat surface that gets stuck. Rounded c clips have more give. Just something i noticed. My clip at little scrapes on scrstches when it came out.

[Pgh5spd]

I don't like prying on the case either, and I haven't since I started doing it this way: Remove steering knuckle in the usual way, but then put it back on, just sitting on the balljoint with the halfshaft thru the hole, and put the axle nut back on loosely. Now, if you grab the top of the steering knuckle where it bolts to the strut, you essentially have a slide hammer. Gently jerk it toward you and if the halfshaft doesn't pop out, turn up your force from gently up to firmly and so forth till it comes out.

[Jblair]

I don't like prying on the case either, and I haven't since I started doing it this way: Remove steering knuckle in the usual way, but then put it back on, just sitting on the balljoint with the halfshaft thru the hole, and put the axle nut back on loosely. Now, if you grab the top of the steering knuckle where it bolts to the strut, you essentially have a slide hammer. Gently jerk it toward you and if the halfshaft doesn't pop out, turn up your force from gently up to firmly and so forth till it comes out.

Great idea. Next time i need to pull one ill try this

[scitzz]

I don't like prying on the case either, and I haven't since I started doing it this way: Remove steering knuckle in the usual way, but then put it back on, just sitting on the balljoint with the halfshaft thru the hole, and put the axle nut back on loosely. Now, if you grab the top of the steering knuckle where it bolts to the strut, you essentially have a slide hammer. Gently jerk it toward you and if the halfshaft doesn't pop out, turn up your force from gently up to firmly and so forth till it comes out.

This is precisely what we did at madness to Muleskinners car, with him also prying away from the case with long handled screwdriver. It really can ruin the axle if you have a little bit of bad luck, but if you reach this point, you probably don't care, as long as the axle comes out!

[Ogresan]

I'm going to try bolting the transmission to a plank and parking my Freestar on it to hold the dang thing down. Then try all of these things again. So far the cv cup is cracked and bent from hammering trying to centre the c-clip, there is grease all over from the cv joint, and I think I might have wrecked the bearings inside. I don't recall any side to side play before I started, and now I can feel a little bit. Although that could just be from getting to know it through all the quality time we've spent together... lol.

[Conspire]

pry is the only thing that works. just leave the c clamp off in the new one

Have you done this without the clip, cause I am having the reverse problem on my Aspire, no matter how I turn the new axle it won't go in, it stays our about a half and inch. If I took the clip off maybe that would help, but will the axle come sliding out at some point?