Thinking about doing CV, have questions.

[BLSTIC]

As the title says, I'm thinking about replacing a CV in my BG Legacy. Is there anything I should look out for? Incedentally I'll be doing a tutorial, so we will all know eventually, but I would rather have the proper tool/part at hand.

[Guest boostin]

The biggest problem will be getting the CV out of the hub if its seized. If you loosen the nut off slightly and go for a drive that should loosen it up a bit. Make sure you go on and off the gas a lot.

[Guest keltik]

Yeah as tempting as it is to use a big hammer - thats not the best for your wheel bearings apparently

[Guest boostin]

 keltik said:

Yeah as tempting as it is to use a big hammer - thats not the best for your wheel bearings apparently

And you tend to mushroom the end of the CV over, and you don't find out until the job is nearly finished that the nut won't go back on.

Yes. Been there done that.

[BLSTIC]

I'm aware of that particular one. The solution for that is to obtain another nut, screw it on to the thread, and hammer the nut. Still might damage the bearing, but the thread stays on fine.

Last time I did a sealed for life wheel bearing I used crc, a pry bar, and a soft hammer. The one on the prelude we just stripped came out just by pulling. Hopefully the subaru one is the same...