CV axle installation tip .. P.S. , it also helps with removal too
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- čas přidán 24. 04. 2022
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Never knew that. Now I know (at least one reason) why some are easy and some are not. Thanks for the tip and the education. Been changing CV axles 16 years and never knew.
Excellent tip. Ordinary people would never guess that. Good video.
Those little tips are priceless. I may never have to use it, but if I ever do, it'll be worth a million bucks. Thanks!
Thank you for your kind words. Keep wrenching 🔧
Good stuff. These little tricks take years to learn. Thanks for sharing 👍
This is one of those things that is actually common sense but is so easy to overlook, very good tip.
You actually might have found something no one knows til now. I remember 30 years ago taking front axle off an ATV, I pulled and pulled, banged and banged the axle wouldn't come off, so I chained one side to wall, hooked come-along to axle and other wall, something was goin to move, I brought come-along to full pressure then BANG!!!! The axle flew off and took part of spline with it......
Then on other axle, I clamped slide hammer on again, still frustrated from first side and re-thinking at same time of why so difficult, I started banging slide hammer, after two strong hits, nothing, then for some reason I happen to rotated the axle a bit, then another strong bang and the axle flew off so fast I didn't know what happen, so your story makes sense 30 years later..........
Finally, someone producing quality, informative information. Exactly what I look for. Someone that knows what they are doing without that blanket blank music. The music is soooo distracting. When I look for information the last thing I want is a dog and pony show. Thanks for your efforts.
I have done many more complicated things to my cars and those of family. With every job that I saved quite a bit of money I would buy a tool or two. Sometimes the job required a new tool so would add that tool to the mix. However, I always shied away from doing the CV axles. A place back home took the factory ones off and rebuilt the joint and installed for $90 in 1990. That is $212 in today’s money. It was a no-brainer. I had been scared to have those two issues:
1) shaft won’t release on wheel end
2) won’t release on tranny end
3) Bonus issue: won’t insert back into tranny
This video and another made my first attempt for me now at an older age a good experience. At the hub end it came out super easy and I mean like butter. At the tranny it would not come out with the pry bar. A lift may have given me the angle I needed to get more leverage. I rented a hammer puller for the job and still nothing. I did the quarter turns you and another CZcamsr recommended and BINGO, on the second or third quarter turn it came off easily with the puller. Great tips. Good job. Tomorrow will get to the other side. Hope to not get a new surprise there. Thanks
Love learning new tricks. I was in the hammer it in club, will be more careful now.
Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and experience. Made my job a lot easier.
RESPECT from KENYA 🙏🙏🙏hank you sir.....ive seen mechanics hammering in my cv axles and it didnt feel right... they need to visit you sir for schooling... THANK you sir 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
Thank you, my friend! I hope you are well. Thanks for watching 🔧
Now I can't even put a socket on my impact, without doing this to its cir-clip! Great video Kenny.
Great tool, your mind,with the knowledge you hold ,& experience. Thank you. 🔧
This is the best tip I’ve ever seen. Thank you.
Thanks for the video, I've been fighting the cv axle on my daily and this helps a ton!
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching the channel & keep wrenching 🔧
That's a great tip, Kenny! I wouldn't have thought of that. Thanks for sharing!
Great tip and great video!
What a great demonstration and explanation!!!
Thank you for the good tip have a blessed day! 😊
Outstanding observations, makes sense too. Thanks for the tips. Cheers from Down Under.
excellent tip !!!!!!! lots of thanks !!!!
Excellent descriptions!
Yessir.... i struggled with everything you said. Dodge Magnum awd 05. Given me the blues. Once it stop raining, Im trying this. Thanks
Another Great advice tip. Thank you!!
Golden tip right there...thank you. :)
Happy to help! Keep wrenching 🔧
Now that is a damn good tip sir! Thank you 👍
Great tip thank you. I appreciate the video. Thanks 🙏🏼
Kenny, thanks for the tip. Was not aware of this. Will save a lot of DIYs a BIG headache. Keep up the great videos.
wow ! more great info! , that 1/4 turn , rotate , like the words ot the end.. rear brakes...simple... clean car ! , here in ohio though....rust, @#$!! salt , a Whole different story !!, yes , i wanna go south where all ur nice stuff dont rot away !! keep those videos coming !! thanx!!
Right?! Those northeast cars are rough. Thanks for watching & keep wrenching 🔧
Good tip! I have also packed the groove with brake lube/dielectric grease. Seems to help with moisture and centering the clip.
Pretty sure this helped me today. I've been battling a CV axle for a while. I was a couple of hours at it today before I seriously thought it might be time to give up on it. I found this video and decided to give the advice a try.. It still required repeatedly beating the hell out of it with vice grips and a slide hammer, but rotating the axle 90 degrees a few times seemed to be the answer. Once I found the right orientation, it came off in three hits. I also used the tip for orienting the retainer as described and the new axle went right in with no difficulty.
EXCELLENT TIP. Thanks
Wow! Very helpful! Thanks.
Thank you for the great information, I myself have removed and replaced several CV shafts and at times yes they have been a pain.
Great tip!
Great tip! Something to watch for
Thank you for your professional advice and tip. Keep up the good work
Thanks for watching & keep wrenching 🔧
Thanks for the tip, actually had a clip jam on me and it was a pain to deal with.
Great tip my friend!
I had a few Ford Escorts and every one of those axles were hard to get off. One of them i spent a couple days playing with every kind of prying technique, even making custom prying tools i could twist with a ratchet wrench. I finally had to fabricate a tool that was three- sided that i could clamp over he transaxle end and jerk with two small chains evenly.
Three good jerks and they popped out. The clips needed a quick snap that was totally straight and even to get the clips to go in.
Pushing them in was a snap, getting them out was a nightmare.
Great help..... thanks pal
Thank you for that, great tip!
Thanks for watching. Keep wrenching 🔧
Again, thank you very much.
Thnks man i like the 1/4 turn tip.
Excellent information thank you very much
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching & keep wrenching 🔧
Well-explained.
Thanks, great info.
Good info ..have struggled with axles sometimes never sure why !! Now i know ..thanks ...
Glad to hear. Thanks for watching 🔧
Priceless 🍻
Great tip
Thanks!
Thank you!!!!
Good tip man, that could definitely save a headache for sure!
Good one, thanks
good tips, smart man.
Nice explaining. 😊
Thank you, Sir
great tip , i remember 1 time on a ford focus they sent me a drive axle that was a titch longer 1/4 inch >>? didnt know there was even such a thing . well after 15 mins farting around not getting it to seat i google it and ended up having to order the correct one . always good videos kenny !! makes my morning coffee's taste better
Good info🎯
Thank you sir
Great tip, guilty. lesson learned.
Thank you! My transmission is slipping after replacing CV Axle seal and boot,
and this may be the cause!
Im glad i watched this before pulling it out and in
Just did about 5 cv axels. The little C Clip is 100% everything. Prove it to yourself, take that 0:35 clip off with a mechanics hook pic and watch it slide into place with one finger.
Thanks for the tip most of the 90s ck left stub shafts could be impossible
Nice to know. I think I may need to replace a CV axle on my Fusion in the not too distant future.
I took a black rubber bungee cable and wrapped it around the cb axle and then hooked the ends to the knuckle where it was pulling on the cb axle …then took the end and turned it till it found the right spot it wanted and popped it out…easy…on a 2005 trailblazer…after trying to use the pet bar method without it even slightly budging…,so instead of fighting it……
I plan to break into the wheel well tomorrow. I’ll be by a couple auto parts stores. I’m going to break into it little by little and by a tool or two at a time until I get into it and do it like so.
How about packing grease in the circlip groove on assembly to center the clip? That has worked for me. Thanks for the idea of rotating the axle on disassembly.
u r awesome
Thank You sir for the valuable information. Have A Wrenching Day! 🛻👍🏼🚚
That totally makes sense
Also before assembly make sure to lube the clip and splines with ATF.
Thank you
You're welcome! Thank YOU for watching and keep wrenchin' 🔧🔧
I take a little grease and put it around the clip to hold it steady
As a 40+ year mechanic, I see this quite often that the previous tec slammed on the axle dry. Therfore rust and dirt gets in there and makes them extremely difficult to remove. I always grease the splines before installation #1 to make sure the lock ring releases for the next tech, but also because cv axles free float with suspension movement, if they are dry they'll bind up and cause early bearing failure and cv axle failure as well costing the customer or the shop. And I hate comebacks! So I just don't do things improperly. Better to do it right the first time, than end up eating the repair in hopes of beating the clock.
Can anyone explain why I didn't think of this all this time? Golden tip - well done sir.
Thank you for tip on c-clip position for sliding out and sliding in. I got it out within 15 minutes after watching your video. I have been struggling to find a way get the driver side axle out for the past two days on my odyssey 2007. I used 15 inch pry bar bought from Walmart and a 15oz hammer. I turned the wheel little by little on every attempt. In 4th attempt I got that loose. I sprayed lubricant around the rusted shaft - not sure this played any role. I will folllow the your tip on c-clip orientation on placing the new axle back in.
I hope all goes well. Keep wrenching 🔧
good example of the small things you only learn from experience....or from someone else with experience and a youtube channel
He is right
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Sometimes axles would go in easy, sometimes not. Now I know why! Thanks for the great tip, just used it a week ago (saw your other video) and what do you know this one came up as well.
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching & keep wrenching 🔧
Έξυπνο trick
Help me?! Sir, you just explained so many swear word filled, Dantes Inferno level horror story cv axle job problems to me here. Bro 🤯💀
Kenny, how does one remove and replace that round retainer c clip thats on the spline? The one an axle rebuilder put on mine is distorted and appears to be the wrong size, and I don't trust it. Thanks!
Hello sir, what happens if you dont put the clip at all ??? As my technician threw the clip saying not required !!!
What's the actual purpose of the clip ?
I've heard they were in there
But I've never worked on a CV shaft
Thanks
Common sense is a super power!
Why not see where is the clip in the trans seal and put the cv axle clip to the same position and push it? Is the same thing you are doing, so you don't have to move the clip in the trans.
-- Remember, we need to move the cv axles while we push the inner cv axle out from the trans. in this way what we are doing is looking for the right spark or position to remove it from trans.
-- Other way is check where the clip is positioned when we remove the axle from the trans, and just adjust the clip according and push it. Easy right?
Why wouldn’t you place the opening at 6 o’clock?
I always put it at 6 o’clock. Works better
I replaced my cv axle and made sure it was in all the way and when I drive it slips back out about 3 inches and I have to redo it all over again. Anybody knows what’s going on.?
Imo, if a clip needs to be done this way the clip is expanded out too far. Clips should never be expanded beyond the bevel of the splines. If they are they can be removed and crimped back into position to fit tighter... I've done it multiple times for this very issue.
Question. Looking at a Toyota manual for my Scion......for the section on installing the CV/Axle half-shaft....it says, as you enter the trans, the statement I see is " install clip with open-side down". Seems to mimic your idea but the opening is then at 6:00 o'clock and not 12 o'clock. Could this be "same" as long as you're not at 3 or 9 o'clock?...as both 3 or 9 o'clock would have the clip "less-centered".
I prefer 12 o'clock because at 6 o'clock the effect of the click can overhang the edge of the splines & Gove you a head ache going back together. At least, that has been my experience. Thanks for watching. Keep wrenching 🔧
@@WrenchingWithKenny ...thanks for your kind and quick answer but I don't really visualize what you're saying. You say 6 o'clock results in the clip overhanging the splines....hmm.....wouldn't 12 o'clock result in the same....the only difference being where the overhang occurs ?????
I just did my Toyota. 6 o clock was the only way it'd go in
@@davidh2550 ...great follow-up. Mimics the Toyota manual suggestion. Thanks !!! In addition.....it helps to swab a small dab of grease on the clip....this helps keep it "centered" on the splined-shaft too, and eases the insertion process.
I replaced mine on an 06 Sentra 1.8auto and now it sounds like differential noise coming from the transmission while driving
popping and crunching?
But that taper isn't just at the bottom. Isn't it tapered all the way around? So shouldn't it self centered regardless of position of clip? Also interesting is that I've seen quite a few youtube videos that say to put the clip at the 6 o'clock position. And I believe Toyota specifies 6 o'clock position for clip when installing.
they all say 6oclock position this is the only guy I've seen do it, it's not a trick it's common knowledge, regardless where it's at gravity will hold it down. TRQs official install states to put it at 6oclock mark
For corn sakes!
Thanks😄 glory to Jesus Christ for the mechanics who does the most with their hands😄
Don't fight gravity
Do you always have to beat an axle in order to get it out ?
Nope. A lot of the time, you don't have to fight with an axle to get the repair done. Thanks for watching
@@WrenchingWithKenny I really enjoy your content but where abouts in the United States do you operate out of?
Durham, North Carolina