how to take cv's out

[Guest]

hey i am swapping my gearbox on a 98 sti and i cant get the cv's out lol does any1 know how to do that?? i hav taken the pins on the cv out and hav dropped the hubs from the coilovers.

[log1call]

How fat was the pin you knocked out? They sometimes have two pins, one inside another. The outer one is a tad over six mills in outside diameter. If the pin you knocked out is only about four mills then you have knocked the inner pin out but need to get the outer one out now.

[crazymf]

Are the cv's stuck inside the hubs or are you having trouble getting it off the gearbox end?

If they are stuck inside the hubs (depending on how badly, and your assortment of tools) you can normally free them up. Take the nut off, spray some crc in there, whack the end of the cv with a copper hammer as hard as possible. Stick the nut back on and do up as tight as possible and repeat procedure until it comes out. If it will not move at all then its time to replace hub etc

[Guest boostcut]

undo nut a wee bit until its on the end of the thread and mash it as hard as you can with a sledge hammer... you will fuk the bearings tho if you do it too much.

[kamineko]

..as with most things after a good bash with a sledge hammer haha

you could make a device that screws onto the hub (like the wheel) and use a centered bolt to push the cv spline out of the hub

have to be fairly solid though, everytime i tried the metal used was too soft

[nzkaosnz]

if car still driveable

Back nuts off a bit, take for a drive swerving left/right