Axle replacement progress

[russiankid]

So the left cv-joint boot decided to rip, so here's a few pics of the progress. Right now me and my bro need to get the lower control arms off so the bushings can be pressed in using a hydrolic press. Everything else was a breeze


^^ thats the side that does need cleaning

this is the side where the boot ripped, im going to have fun cleaning road grim/grease off the wheel well and everything else

the ripped axle
more pics to come as progress goes by
i jsut got bored and decided to post pics

[A18A]

yup mine is ripped in the same spot just like that i think, but ill fix it in 6 months if i still got the car

[russiankid]

yup mine is ripped in the same spot just like that i think, but ill fix it in 6 months if i still got the car

[BITESIZE]

6 months?

[A18A]

6 months?

thats when the wof will expire, i gotta get it fixed by then other wise it will fail but why fix it now when theres always another time?

[russiankid]

thats when the wof will expire, i gotta get it fixed by then other wise it will fail but why fix it now when theres always another time?

wof?

[A18A]

warrant of fitness like ur guys dot or mot etc..

[russiankid]

warrant of fitness like ur guys dot or mot etc..

oh

[snoopyloopy]

hmm....looks like fun. i need to get that done too. especially before it rains and starts flooding around here.

[MessyHonda]

yeah my Lx-i has both boots riped.... i also replaced both on my DX...it took like 15 mins to do each side.

[3ghondaerodeck]

I did that to, it's an easy job. gets your hands dirty to.

why did you take the discbrake of?

[russiankid]

I did that to, it's an easy job. gets your hands dirty to.
why did you take the discbrake of?

because i had to remove the whole knuckle so i can take the lower control arms off and get new bushings pressed in.

[3ghondaerodeck]

aha..uhm.. yes you did say that already, (mental note to me; learn how to read)

sorry about that, I tend to do that sometimes

[russiankid]

aha..uhm.. yes you did say that already, (mental note to me; learn how to read)
sorry about that, I tend to do that sometimes

it's ok, i have that sometimes.

[carotman]

This is not a difficult job when the bushings aren't seized. Looks like yours weren't that bad. I need to change the axle on my hatch... I'm afraid I'll need new bushings

[russiankid]

This is not a difficult job when the bushings aren't seized. Looks like yours weren't that bad. I need to change the axle on my hatch... I'm afraid I'll need new bushings

The right side bushings were siezed, so my we had to cut the bolt's off. But right now my brother pressed in new bushings(works at pepboys) so it's going to get assembled and rolling tomorrow hopefully.

[Mars]

Man, that greese is a mess when it spin out. So hard to get off...

[russiankid]

Man, that greese is a mess when it spin out. So hard to get off...

Already off

[RamThis]

I had to change out a brand new axle I got at Awful Zone in the parking lot of a grocery store a mile from my house. I put two new reman axles in my car last summer. Got done with everything about 9:30 at night. Wife and baby were in bed. I took the car for a quick spin to listen for odd noises after checking all fasteners a second time. Got a mile or so from the house, and went to make a left turn. Stopped at the sign, turned the wheel, and started to accelerate. BANG!! Clunk Clunk Clunk Clunk.....car shaking violently but not going anywere, silver parts rolling out into the street in the light of the headlights. Shut the car off. Pick up one of the pieces and find it is a bearing of some kind. Shit. Call the wife and wake her up. She runs up and gets me and brings me to the house. I load the truck with lights and stands and jack. Go inspect and find the tranny end of the driver side shaft grenaded for some fucked up reason. Next day I had to pull the axle out in the Kroger's parking lot. Found out later that Awful Zone gave me an axle taht was a couple inches too short. After alot of looking around, they could not find one that matched the one from my car, but the one they gave me was the right one according to the computer. Great. Get my core back, give them all five or so pieces of theirs back, the refund my money, and I got my original rebuilt. Never knew you could do that. Found it was a much better idea than getting a reman because you know it will fit, and you know how many times it's been rebuilt and what quality it is.

So, bottom line, dont get axles from Awful Zone, get em rebuilt at a local driveline shop!!!

[russiankid]

I had to change out a brand new axle I got at Awful Zone in the parking lot of a grocery store a mile from my house. I put two new reman axles in my car last summer. Got done with everything about 9:30 at night. Wife and baby were in bed. I took the car for a quick spin to listen for odd noises after checking all fasteners a second time. Got a mile or so from the house, and went to make a left turn. Stopped at the sign, turned the wheel, and started to accelerate. BANG!! Clunk Clunk Clunk Clunk.....car shaking violently but not going anywere, silver parts rolling out into the street in the light of the headlights. Shut the car off. Pick up one of the pieces and find it is a bearing of some kind. Shit. Call the wife and wake her up. She runs up and gets me and brings me to the house. I load the truck with lights and stands and jack. Go inspect and find the tranny end of the driver side shaft grenaded for some fucked up reason. Next day I had to pull the axle out in the Kroger's parking lot. Found out later that Awful Zone gave me an axle taht was a couple inches too short. After alot of looking around, they could not find one that matched the one from my car, but the one they gave me was the right one according to the computer. Great. Get my core back, give them all five or so pieces of theirs back, the refund my money, and I got my original rebuilt. Never knew you could do that. Found it was a much better idea than getting a reman because you know it will fit, and you know how many times it's been rebuilt and what quality it is.
So, bottom line, dont get axles from Awful Zone, get em rebuilt at a local driveline shop!!!

:lolL i laughed at that but again that sucks, all the hard work. The axes my brother picked up from Pepboys is the correct length, we even measured them and put the old ones and new ones together and no difference in length.