CV replacement

[hhhh1]

hey ive got a 94 rs legacy and my back passenger side outer cv boot blew a while ago and now the cv joint itself is stuffed as it makes a chilcking noise when accellerating (even lightly now, and also when engine braking). i probably should replace it so can someone help me out with the howto or is it something that can be done cheaply/is too difficult to bother with myself?

[kamineko]

can be done backyard style but it can be a right pain to remove the cv off the half-shaft. do you have tools including a puller?

save yourself some grief lol ask some mechanics for a quote

[hhhh1]

nah i dont have that. yeah i guess ill just have to bite the bullet and get someone else to do it...properly...

[kamineko]

oh yaar. i keep forgetting that option ;p

i needed to angle grid both front cv's off last time i tried this :

[hhhh1]

do you mean brand new costs $60-120 or you mean secondhand?

[kamineko]

second hand. you buy it as a replacement shaft including the cv joints and just swap it over.

pretty simple exercise,

axle nut off, separate the hub from an arm or 2 to allow it to angle away and pull off from the cv

punch the pin on the inner cv allowing it to slide off the front diff axle stub.

repeat in reverse order with replacement halfshaft/cvs

[Guest]

What you can do is remove the driveshaft yourself, and then take it in to a mechanics to get repaired.

Otherwise, as it's an outer, if you remove the shaft and can't get the CV off, you can place the shaft in a vice, just make sure the top of the shaft is level with the top of the vice and put the CV hard against the end of the vice. Then smash it off with a copper hammer ;D

(your changing the CV so damage to it doesn't matter anyway )

[driftweez]

What would a garage cost to replace a cv joint??

[Scoobydoo]

Normally about the $150 - $180 mark.

[Davebro]

We did Pauls ones pretty easilly. They were not too bad to do.

[Scoobydoo]

Yeah they weren't very hard to do at all. You do need a strong powerbar (1/2" drive minimum), and possibly a decent sized pipe to go over the bar as extra leverage, as the hub nuts can be VERY difficult to budge, if they haven't been undone in a long time.

You'll just need to check which CV joint to get as there are a few different kinds, with different spline counts. Your local BNT should know which one will fit. If you/they aren't 100% positive, then get both kinds and return the one you don't use.

[hhhh1]

lol still havent fixed it. would these fit?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Car-parts-accessories/Subaru/Accessories/auction-206528506.htm

[RS.YES]

Hey what cleaning agent can I use to clean the inner c.v joint with? WD-40 sounds like one I could use, what else?

[Koom]

Brakecleen.

Or petrol.

Or Kerosene.

[log1call]

Are you sure it's the c.v.? Inner front c.v.s and rear axles usually make a horrible vibration well before they start clicking when they have worn out or lost their grease.

I'd be checking the wheelbearings and that the axle nut was tight before I started replacing a c.v.

[kamineko]

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