"TheJWT" (thejwt)
07/25/2015 at 14:06 • Filed to: None
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"TheJWT" (thejwt)
07/25/2015 at 14:06 • Filed to: None | 0
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Oh how the hell to get my alxe out... I can’t find any clear instruction on what I have to remove before taking it out, and hopefully someone here can figure it out. (Also please ignore how terrible my car is...)
Trunk Impaired 318
> TheJWT
07/25/2015 at 14:12 |
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Step 1. Get a real jack
Step 2. Get some jackstands
If you’re gonna be wrenching on your car yourself I cant stress enough how important those two are.
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TheJWT
> Trunk Impaired 318
07/25/2015 at 14:14 |
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Got both, actually. I was using the spare jack to raise the control arm
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Trunk Impaired 318
> TheJWT
07/25/2015 at 14:16 |
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In that case, carry on.
Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> TheJWT
07/25/2015 at 14:24 |
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You’ll have to pop the ball joint or if you’re really lucky you can remove the tie rod and there'll be enough clearance.
E92M3
> Trunk Impaired 318
07/25/2015 at 14:29 |
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You’ll need to remove that huge nut holding on the hub (center of the rotor). You may also need to remove the spindle at the strut to get enough clearance to remove the axle. After it’s all loose the axle just pops out of the transmission with a good tug.
Enginerrrrrrrrr
> TheJWT
07/25/2015 at 14:35 |
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Have you used youtube or a chilton’s manual?
My guess is you will have to remove the steering and suspension bits and then remove the wheel hub from the axle. I’m guessing you will have to do that on both sides to be close to removing the axle. That’s the closest I’ve come to removing an axle so I wouldn’t know where to go from there...
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TheJWT
> Enginerrrrrrrrr
07/25/2015 at 15:07 |
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I’ve got a Haynes manual for my car, but even that makes me jump around to 4 different chapters and tells me to remove ever suspension component... And I’ve looked on youtube, but it seems different for every car so that just gave me general info
DarrenMR
> TheJWT
07/25/2015 at 15:15 |
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I would say at the least the yellow. If the shock wont swing enough then youll need to do the 2 bottom bolts on the shock, maybe just the bottom one and loosen the top.
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Enginerrrrrrrrr
> TheJWT
07/25/2015 at 15:15 |
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Well you probably do have to remove every suspension component. Not completely from the car, just from the hub assembly.
If you don’t mind me asking, what car do you have? Maybe I can help find something.
Also why do you need to take your axle out? That sounds like a pretty major operation, I wish you all of the lucks.
If you don’t mind me asking, what car do you have? Maybe I can help find something...
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TheJWT
> Enginerrrrrrrrr
07/25/2015 at 15:22 |
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Yeah, I figured I didn’t need to strip the car haha. It’s a 1993 Sentra SE-R, and I’m replacing the axle because the boot was ripped when I bought the car a year ago, so the bearings are shot
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TheJWT
> DarrenMR
07/25/2015 at 15:25 |
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Ah, pictures always help! I tried seperating the control arm from the steering knuckle, but I couldn’t get them apart. Is there any special tool for that, or do I just have to brute force it?
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DarrenMR
> TheJWT
07/25/2015 at 15:31 |
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I just put this back together on my MINI, there probably is a special too. I just used a BFH. Worked ok with some PB blaster.
Brickman
> TheJWT
07/25/2015 at 15:34 |
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Might need a ball joint separator. Or sledge hammer, but I wouldn’t want to break a part or bend the tie rod
http://www.amazon.com/OTC-6297-Ball-…
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TheJWT
> Brickman
07/25/2015 at 15:37 |
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I’m just about to run up to the store and buy one haha
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Enginerrrrrrrrr
> TheJWT
07/25/2015 at 16:02 |
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You can rent the joint separators from your parts stores, no need to buy one ;)
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Enginerrrrrrrrr
> TheJWT
07/25/2015 at 16:12 |
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Oh man that’s rough. So is the axle shot too? Or do you just need to replace the bearings in the hubs? Also besides getting a joint puller at the shop, you’ll need access to a hydraulic press more likely than not for the bearings. In theory you can hammer out the bearings, but you will definitely need a press to properly put the bearings back in. This video is a bit annoying, but you should be able to get the info you need. Otherwise do what DarrenMR said.
Amazingly I had to do very nearly what you are doing just because a wheel bolt sheared off on my honda.... required me to take the whole damn wheel assembly apart, but I learned a lot. I took my wheel hub/bearing to the local dealership since I figured they wouldn’t mind helping a guy wrenching on his own car.
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> TheJWT
07/25/2015 at 20:38 |
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Is there a nut in the center of the brake rotor?
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TheJWT
> gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
07/25/2015 at 20:45 |
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Yeah, I got the outer cv out, now the inner is stuck...
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/update-on-proj…
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gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> TheJWT
07/25/2015 at 23:02 |
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some might just pull out
orcim
> TheJWT
07/26/2015 at 04:33 |
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Just an aside: anytime I can’t find the manufacturer shop manual for a car, I buy every off brand manual for that car I can get. They mostly have the same information, but vary in wording, pictures and thoroughness and I’ve been saved multiple times by first referencing one, then checking another that happened to have the secret sauce I needed.