AWD right axle removal

[rkarkosh]

My search showed of this forum showed that the axle should pop out with some prying, but I haven't had such luck. I have replaced axles on over a half dozen cars and have never seen one so stubburn. My '91 NT Talon axles were very complient to the crowbar.

Anyway, I removed the transmission with the axle still in (I'm replacing the engine anyway) thinking I would have a better angle for prying the axle with it out of the car. It still won't budge. I have already ruined the seal. Anyone have a suggestions

 

[styx]

keep prying at different angles eventually it will come out. you just need the right angle on it

 

[SpoolinV8ETR]

Take a flathead screwdriver of decent size. Not HUGE though. Hammer it in. Turn the screwdriver. May need to get a pair of vise grips on the screwdriver to help turn. I have had ALOT more luck this way then the prying method.

 

[Nanan]

I found that using a large Ball joint fork worked well for poping the axles out of the tranny. You should try turning the cv cup in 45deg rotations to get the inner clip facing down.

 

[rkarkosh]

Thanks for all the replies. I wanted to be sure I wasn't doing something wrong. I will keep trying the prying/twisted screwdriver proceedure. I may have to buy a balljoint extractor. Great forum, DSMer's are great.

 

[Whitetalonb16g]

I experienced the same problem as stated above with the various DSM's I've worked on and if I couldn't get it with a flat head screwdriver, I found the pickle fork ( ball joint tool as stated above) works just well.

 

[rkarkosh]

I got it. Using the idea of the ball joint fork I took a blunt chisel and smacked it a couple of times with a 2lb hammer. I could have done that in the car, would have saved a lot of frustration.

 

[steve]

I just put the prybar between the trans and inner CV cup like shown in the manual and give the bar a swift kick to pop the axle out.

Steve

 

[SpoolinV8ETR]

glad you got it out. Thought about recomending the fork idea. Just didnt think that anybody else had that much problem as i did once.