I can't Get the D$%# Axle out.

[Maxx Mazda]

^Thanks..

No prob. Change your axle seals and input shaft seal as well. Mazda deems those as replace only items. Sure you can reuse them, but once again, is a $4 seal worth a trans leak and a wasted weekend to you?

 

[ForceFed]

Axle Seal(s)?
And Input shaaft seal?
You cant tell me this unless you list the Part #'s....C'mon man..dont you know I am lazy.

 

[Maxx Mazda]

**** me you're one lazy ass b****...

Input shaft seal: 0603-16-103
Axle seals: F003-27-238A (need 2)

 

[ItsSlow]

Is the input shaft part# for the intermediate shaft or what?

 

[Maxx Mazda]

Is the input shaft part# for the intermediate shaft or what?

No, its for the input shaft... Hence the name "input shaft part number."

The intermediate shaft is what connects the pass. side axle to the trans. It's that one with the 3 bolts holding it's bracket onto the back of the block.

 

[ForceFed]

**** me you're one lazy ass b****...

Thanks!

 

[Maxx Mazda]

Thanks!

Hahahaha you must make your mama proud!

 

[13984]

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!

Same thing happened to me on my passenger side when I recently did my 5lug swap. Driverside came out with a few taps.

 

[riverrunnernky1]

Ok Mr. Hammerhead.....

Whadd aapp!

Angles to make the blow, and such, I'm having one hec of atime with my BF LH axle stuck in the tranny.

What a day at the beech! lmao not really, It sluggs man!

Sum buddy hepp me!!(stooges)

David
Ky

Was not aware we can use F.U.C.K. and such verbage on this site.

Cool, I'm biligual too!

a note to everyone... COAT the splines on the spindle end with that silver anti seize stuff when you reassemble. i can swap axles in about 15 minutes, they slide right out .

oh and for getting them out of the tranny, prying rarely works well.. you need to hit the end of the prybar with a small sledge. the quick shock will usually pop the circlip loose after just a couple blows. the axles popped right out of my '91 with 181k miles using this method .

 

[riverrunnernky1]

Sir,

Then quit driving through salt... DUH!!!!!!

In all due respect to anyone not living in the Buckeye, driving in winter Ohio is like diving your car through the ocean daily.

I completely disasembled a 92 Camen EGT last fall from Akron, it was truly a rust bucket without barnacles.

I torched the axles on that baby at the spindles to free them.

The trouble is now pulling my BF LH shaft from the tranny.

I've been working on it everyday (intermittently) and no luck 5 days.

I am fast coming to the find that I must be a Lezbian!(rant)

David
Ky

 

[MP3Performance]

Glad to see I'm not the only one with this problem. I am trying to replace my passengers side CV axle shaft but I can't get the axle nut off for the life of me. I Sprayed about 1 and half cans of liquid wrench and WD40, used an impact gun, a breaker bar, butane, mapp gas, and plain old pounding with a heavy hammer. 3 hours and and all I have to show for it is NOTHING. It was very rusted earlier, and most of the rust has come off, but still hasn't budged any. I guess I have to go try a Ox/Acetylene torch or something, I am running out of ideas.

 

[sam1]

Just buy a new spindle man. Torching it off is going to damage the rest of it anyways. Couldn't be to much from a junkyard...

 

[FunkRider]

Take the centercap out of the wheel or use the spare tire so you can get at the hub nut with the wheel on. Stick a socket and long breaker bar on it that will touch the ground. On the passenger side turn the wheel to the right and set the breaker bar on the nut so the bar is touching or close to touching the ground and drive the car forward slightly. It should either break the stocket/breaker bar or get the nut loose.

 

[MP3Performance]

Take the centercap out of the wheel or use the spare tire so you can get at the hub nut with the wheel on. Stick a socket and long breaker bar on it that will touch the ground. On the passenger side turn the wheel to the right and set the breaker bar on the nut so the bar is touching or close to touching the ground and drive the car forward slightly. It should either break the stocket/breaker bar or get the nut loose.

Hmmm, interesting idea. Can I assume this has ever been tried out? I think the socket would pop out though if no one is holding it at the end. If this doesn't work I will try an "operation" (ie cutting it off). I had to cut my endlinks in order to get them off, so I might try it if all else fails. I have been spraying it with liquid wrench for the last few hours, hopefully it will help in the morning if I let it sit over night.

 

[FunkRider]

I have done it in the past.

 

[MP3Performance]

I got it out on saturday. Had to cut the top of the nut off straight flush, and then had a perfect position to hit it with a hammer and chisel. After a couple hard hits it finally started to spin off. The only bad part is that my problem is still there. I replaced the cv joint, but I still get a "thunking" sound when I turn left or hold the wheel a bit to the left. I think it might be a bearing or seal in the part that holds the half shaft right behind the engine (under the intake manifold).

 

[Chawk]

i doubt that it is the seal that you are speaking of, i have a 99 protege and the right halfshaft goes into the tranny and there is a metal bracket that bolts onto the frame of the car. (from what i remember) I do think that the problem is probably the bearing. or maybe the bushings for the control arm. Have you done the 12 and 6 check on the ball joint to see if there is movement there?

 

[MP3Performance]

i doubt that it is the seal that you are speaking of, i have a 99 protege and the right halfshaft goes into the tranny and there is a metal bracket that bolts onto the frame of the car. (from what i remember) I do think that the problem is probably the bearing. or maybe the bushings for the control arm. Have you done the 12 and 6 check on the ball joint to see if there is movement there?

I replaced the bearing under the intake manifold that holds the half shaft and I still have the problem. I don't see any brackets that bolt to the frame of the car, only to the back of the engine. I did not do the 12 and 6 check, how do I do this and what should I check for? I am really stumped at this point. (shrug)

 

[Chawk]

I have pulled my tranny twice and I honestly do not remember where that right halfshaft bolts too. I do remember having a hard time to get the axle to pop out of the hub, but I just beat the s*** out of it with a hammer and it came loose. as far as getting it out of the tranny I put a chain around the end that connects to the tranny and just yanked on some slack and it pulled right out.

Now the ball joints are tested by rasing the front left or the front right wheel. then put you hand at 12 oclock and the other at 6 oclock then start applying pressure one side at the time. if there is obvious movement then this should warrent replacing of the ball joints.

the tie rods can be tested the same way. except by putting a hand at 3 and another at 9 and check for movement.

I think that the problem could be coming from the bushings where the control arm bolts to the frame. or check for worn out bushings at the stablizer bar. If it were me i would not even replace anything unless I absolutely knew that to be the problem.

 

[smiley10070]

I just had to replace my transmission. everything was going fine, till i had to pull the axles, i got the inner cv separated from the intermediate shaft and everything came to a stand still. nothing worked to get the axles out. so i tied to get them out from the inside, separated the bellhousing from the transaxle housing and put a prybar in between the diff pin and the end of the axle and push them out. but nothing. sp i said to hell with it, got the oxy/acet kit out and cut the top of the planetary, and a little of the bottom. and the friggin things fell out. i didnt really care, i was replacing the tranny.