Thread: CV Shaft to Transmission Problems

Originally Posted by clintbaum

Thanks for the help guys! Has this ever happened to you guys? Cause my repair guy acted like it was really rare. I really don't wanna damage my transmission getting this thing out, so is there really anything that could be holding on to it inside the transmission and not letting go besides the snap ring?

I've had some that were hard to get out. But once you realize that it's a snap ring and just a constant pulling force is never going to get the shaft out and that you need to use a pry bar with a quick but hard force to pop the snap ring, you will get it.

It could be seized fast if it was sitting in water and rusted. But that is highly unlikely.

Both of mine came out no problem, but putting the passenger side in needed a BFH to persuade it.

X2 on that pry bar... exactly what I used.

The seals are what pissed me off.....

My brother has a Neon that this happened to once. I have pulled hundreds of CV shafts and none acted like this one did. The normal pry bar method failed miserably. We bent the hell out of the bar.

Next we tried come alongs, and that failed.

Next we made our own puller with the cable from the come alongs and a 4 foot pipe. The two of us tag teamed the damn thing and almost yanked the car off the jack stands and the axle still refused to pop.

Finally we were able to use a flat chisel and a hammer and beat the ever living sh!t out of the end until it finally broke free.

I can normally have an axle popped in 30 seconds tops, this one took over 2 hours with the combined effort of my brother and me. Point is, keep trying.