Tools Needed:
3/8" Drive Ratchet
1/2" Drive Ratchet
1/2" Drive Breaker Bar/Impact Gun
32mm Axle Nut Socket
17mm Socket
14mm Socket
17mm Box Wrench
14mm Box Wrench
Chisel or Strong Regular Screw Driver
Hammer
Pry-Bar 2ft min
Broad Tip Punch
Pliers
And a good tool collection for any other nuts/bolts u run into.
Prep:
Jack car up and place on jack stands.
have all tools ready to go
1. Take off wheel
2. Remove Caliper and Caliper Bracket
3. Remove rotor(should be free to come off, if it is stuck gently hit with a rubber mallet to break corrosion free).
4. Remove Ball Joint Bolt, should be a 14mm head on bolt ant 14mm nut.
5. Use a screw driver to un-stake the Axle nut.
6. Remove axle nut(should be 32mm). Impact or large breaker bar will be needed.
7. Ensure that the axle can move slightly in and out in the hub, if not take a decent size punch and hammer to the divot on the end of the axle until it moves freely.
8. Now take a large pry-bar or other of instrument and pry the ball joint from its clamp on the spindle.
9. Remove two 17mm bolts that attach the strut to the knuckle assembly.
10. Rotate the Spindle in the only direction it will go(towards the tie-rod end).
11. With the spindle rotated as far as possible reach behind the hub and grab the axle and pull towards the engine bay to remove it from the hub.
Extra Steps to remove entire axle:
12. Drain out 1-1 1/2qts of transmission fluid(or all its up to you).
13. While under the car look at where the Axle goes into the transmission or connects to intermediate shaft.
14a. For Axle that goes into the transmission use a 2ft or so prybar and carefully pry the axle out of the differential. Be careful to not damage the axle seal, although now would be the time to replace it and never worry about it again.
14b. For the axle that connects to the intermediate shaft use the same technique as above, just pry between the end of the intermediate shaft and the cv shaft. You may get lucky and be able to pull it off by hand, but usually not the case in my experience.
15. Reassemble everything in reverse order. Making sure that each axle is secure and no fluid is leaking past them.
Note: If you need to move the hub a bit more remove the cotter pin and then the nut from the tie rod end and pull the tie rod end up. At this point your whole hub/spindle assembly will be free to remove(handy for pressing out/in wheel bearings.
Also, my advice is to buy a bottle of never-seize or similar product and place some on the splines of the axle, and the threads of all the parts, to make dis-assembly easier next time.
Hope that helps.
