I can't Get the D$%# Axle out.
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Maxx Mazda
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Why the hell can't anyone get them out of the hubs? I just tapped mine with a ball peen (like I mean just to nudge them free) and they popped right out. My car has like 130,000Km's too. None of it in the winter though... Maybe it's the salt?
Bingo..The Salt corrodes the Hub abd the Shaft and they rust together.
If you havent ever tried to get one apart after this process....you have NO idea.
Maxx Mazda
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Then quit driving through salt... DUH!!!!!!
Hey man....Winter sucks..
and I have never even driven this car..I bought it strictly to build...Its never even been titled in my name yet..so there!
LOL!
Previous owner obviously thought it was a snow plow though...Front buper was busted and lots of corrossion I am having to clean up and deal with.
Maxx Mazda
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If it came out, it did break. They're listed by Mazda as a "non reuseable item" and must be replaced. Otherwide your axle could (in theory) come loose while driving, but the odds of that are slim. More than likely though, you'll get a big 'ol leak from your axle seal.
The first time I ever had to remove my trans, it was cake getting them out of the hubs and trans.. They just popped out with a tap, ever since then its been a pain.. I hardly drive my car and I dont drive it through salt I know.. So I dont know what the deal could be..
Maxx Mazda
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They're now over expanded or however you want to call it.... Compare it to a new one and you'll see. Besides, you only need one unless you seperated the axle from the intermediate shaft on the pass. side, then you'd need 2.
The dealer charged me $1.28 per clip, hardly not worth it not to replace them...
I hear ya..True.
Got a part number for them..or do I have to search..and yeah..I took it all apart..LOL..I'll need 2.
A few months ago, I had trouble getting one of these out on a customer's 02 p5 that has never been worked on before. It took a lot of blows with a 3lb sledge, but I eventually got it loose. I ended up smacking it so hard that the metal mushroomed out and I had to grind around the perimeter to get it back to size!
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i have a case!
It's all good..I am gonna order them this week when I get my new WP and some other Stuff from Ken @ PG.
No worries (wink)
So do I..
Maxx Mazda
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Part number G504-25-421
2 are Needed ONLY if you took the pass. side axle off the intermediate shaft. Otherwise, you jsut need one for the driver's side. Like I said, for jsut over a buck, you can't go wrong...
2 are Needed ONLY if you took the pass. side axle off the intermediate shaft. Otherwise, you jsut need one for the driver's side. Like I said, for jsut over a buck, you can't go wrong...
