(WPB) I buggered up a CV boot, wtb someones time to help me fix it

Ken-Ohki · 04-21-2007, 02:02 PM

I'm thinking that replacing my front right axle is the way to go after reading all the advice threads on NASIOC. Has anyone local done this before?

oh where is pacobeagle when ya need em

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Ken-Ohki · 04-23-2007, 10:00 AM

anyone? I know someone has to have done this or had it done before.

ForesterPerformance · 04-23-2007, 10:56 AM

dude... front axle is cake.

1) Buy replacement from local autozone / discount / etc.

2) jack up car

3) take off wheel

4) take off the 32mm axle hub nut

5) undo bolt at bottom of balljoint and pop out (so hub can move outward to get axle off of tranny shaft)

6) use small screwdriver or punch to pop out pin holding axle to tranny shaft

7) slide off tranny, then out of hub, and remove.

8) Installation is the reverse of removal...

dropmech · 04-23-2007, 11:17 AM

I don't even think #4 is required.

Ken-Ohki · 04-23-2007, 12:24 PM

yeah, directions are simple enough. it always is better to have someone who has done it before there or "on call" if you get stuck

autozone and pep boys dont stock it...

Aspen_2.5RS · 04-23-2007, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dropmech

I don't even think #4 is required.

#4 is required, #5 is not.

Cam

IronMonkeyL255 · 04-23-2007, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aspen_2.5RS

#4 is required, #5 is not.

Cam

If you undo the strut bolts. You gotta do one or the other. I have tried to do it without messing with them, but find you just don't have enough space to squeeze it out.

I find it easier to undo the balljoint pinch bolt, unless it is frozen in the knuckle.

Aspen_2.5RS · 04-23-2007, 02:05 PM

#4 is required no matter what you do. I think I would know, I've taken 3 wrx's apart. Removing the strut bolts is much easier than separating the ball joint.

Cam

Ken-Ohki · 04-23-2007, 02:28 PM

we talking about the 3 strut bolts at the top or the 2 at the bottom?

Aspen_2.5RS · 04-23-2007, 02:56 PM

2 at the bottom. Just mark the bolts/struts so you can get the camber back where it was.

Cam

IronMonkeyL255 · 04-23-2007, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aspen_2.5RS

#4 is required no matter what you do. I think I would know, I've taken 3 wrx's apart. Removing the strut bolts is much easier than separating the ball joint.

Cam

Yeah, #4 is required.

On my car, at least, it is easier to pop out the ball joint, so I don't mess up the alignment. On you guys' new cars, I would think it wouldn't be much harder, especially since these cars have enjoyed the nice, relatively dry, salt-free south all their lives.

Then again, on my uncle's car, the ball joint was seized in the knuckle, so we could have just undone the strut bolts (but we were just removing the inner joint from the tranny, so we undid one of the A-arm bolts).

Ken-Ohki · 04-24-2007, 10:10 AM

hmm, still haven't found anyone local who stocks these axles

04-21-2007, 02:02 PM	#1
Ken-Ohki Scooby Specialist Member Sales Rating: (4) Member#: 11222 Join Date: Oct 2001 Chapter/Region: South East Location: West Palm Beach, FL Vehicle: 2011 STI Silver	(WPB) I buggered up a CV boot, wtb someones time to help me fix it I'm thinking that replacing my front right axle is the way to go after reading all the advice threads on NASIOC. Has anyone local done this before? oh where is pacobeagle when ya need em * Registered users of the site do not see these ads.

04-23-2007, 02:56 PM	#10
Aspen_2.5RS Scooby Guru Member Sales Rating: (463) Member#: 3310 Join Date: Dec 2000 Chapter/Region: South East Location: SC	2 at the bottom. Just mark the bolts/struts so you can get the camber back where it was. Cam Last edited by Aspen_2.5RS; 04-23-2007 at 02:58 PM. Reason: camber

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04-23-2007, 10:00 AM	#2
Ken-Ohki Scooby Specialist Member Sales Rating: (4) Member#: 11222 Join Date: Oct 2001 Chapter/Region: South East Location: West Palm Beach, FL Vehicle: 2011 STI Silver	anyone? I know someone has to have done this or had it done before.

04-23-2007, 10:56 AM	#3
ForesterPerformance Scooby Specialist Member Sales Rating: (3) Member#: 5424 Join Date: Apr 2001 Chapter/Region: South East Location: not where you are... Vehicle: BRP STi Version 3 Type RA V-Ltd RHD	dude... front axle is cake. 1) Buy replacement from local autozone / discount / etc. 2) jack up car 3) take off wheel 4) take off the 32mm axle hub nut 5) undo bolt at bottom of balljoint and pop out (so hub can move outward to get axle off of tranny shaft) 6) use small screwdriver or punch to pop out pin holding axle to tranny shaft 7) slide off tranny, then out of hub, and remove. 8) Installation is the reverse of removal...

04-23-2007, 11:17 AM	#4
dropmech Scooby Specialist Member Sales Rating: (19) Member#: 41477 Join Date: Aug 2003 Chapter/Region: NESIC Location: Cape Cod, MA. Vehicle: 2006 Tahoe that will pull your bumper off	I don't even think #4 is required.

04-23-2007, 12:24 PM	#5
Ken-Ohki Scooby Specialist Member Sales Rating: (4) Member#: 11222 Join Date: Oct 2001 Chapter/Region: South East Location: West Palm Beach, FL Vehicle: 2011 STI Silver	yeah, directions are simple enough. it always is better to have someone who has done it before there or "on call" if you get stuck autozone and pep boys dont stock it... Last edited by Ken-Ohki; 04-23-2007 at 01:54 PM.

04-23-2007, 02:05 PM	#8
Aspen_2.5RS Scooby Guru Member Sales Rating: (463) Member#: 3310 Join Date: Dec 2000 Chapter/Region: South East Location: SC	#4 is required no matter what you do. I think I would know, I've taken 3 wrx's apart. Removing the strut bolts is much easier than separating the ball joint. Cam

04-23-2007, 02:28 PM	#9
Ken-Ohki Scooby Specialist Member Sales Rating: (4) Member#: 11222 Join Date: Oct 2001 Chapter/Region: South East Location: West Palm Beach, FL Vehicle: 2011 STI Silver	we talking about the 3 strut bolts at the top or the 2 at the bottom?

04-24-2007, 10:10 AM	#12
Ken-Ohki Scooby Specialist Member Sales Rating: (4) Member#: 11222 Join Date: Oct 2001 Chapter/Region: South East Location: West Palm Beach, FL Vehicle: 2011 STI Silver	hmm, still haven't found anyone local who stocks these axles