axles removal

contagious18 · Post by **contagious18** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:50 pm

well i plan on changing my axles, how long would it take?

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:46 pm

Me? 20 minutes. But I have a lot of experience in changing axles. The average guy that's never done it before, probably an hour to an hour and a half while you figure out how to get the knuckle far enough away from the trans to get it free.

Post by **Diablo0** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:52 pm

^^^ whats said above. Easiest way, I think would be to probably disconnect at the ball joint and tie rod that way when you get the new axle in you wouldn't really have to get an alignment. However, with the stock top hats I'm not sure if there is enough movement there to allow you to pull far enough out to get the axle out of the knuckle/wheel bearing. Replacing the axle isn't really all that hard though, they pop out very easily... just remember to put new trans fluid in when you're done since it'll drain out once you pull the axle out of the diff.

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:09 pm

Or jack up the car high enough so the trans fluid stays in the trans

FTWNeon · Post by **FTWNeon** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:09 pm

Diablo0 wrote:^^^ whats said above. Easiest way, I think would be to probably disconnect at the ball joint that way when you get the new axle in you wouldn't really have to get an alignment. However, with the stock top hats I'm not sure if there is enough movement there to allow you to pull far enough out to get the axle out of the knuckle/wheel bearing. Replacing the axle isn't really all that hard though, they pop out very easily... just remember to put new trans fluid in when you're done since it'll drain out once you pull the axle out of the diff.

Yeah, I just learned that the hard way earlier tonight...

Gotta run out and get some redline tomorrow.

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:41 am

invujerry wrote:Or jack up the car high enough so the trans fluid stays in the trans

Jerry, you would have to flip the car over to accomplish that.

contagious18 · Post by **contagious18** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:21 am

k well it seems like i should get da trans fluid, i done my wheel bearing b4 is it somewat in that direction

jT · Post by jT » Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:44 am

http://jball.neons.org/howto/axle_swap/howtoaxle.html

contagious18 · Post by **contagious18** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:57 am

thanx dat makes things easier