i have a bad cv joint. ive read through my manual and i think i can do it myself, but i want to find out if it would be better to just take it to a mechanic. is it really tough or time consuming? what fluids do i need to drain and replace for the job? and the other cv boot doesnt seem to be damaged or ripped in any way, but i see some grease coming out of the end of the boot towards the tranny. does this mean that i should replace it? or is that normal.thanx

 

search. I have a writeup somewhere on this...

 

i have bad cv's also, im waiting since i have a large project comming up. ill just do with when my car is all apart

 

i have a manual telling me how to do it. im just wondering about other peoples experience doiong it themselves

 

when i did my passenger axle it took me about 3 hours. I wouldnt consider it a hard job but there is a bolt that commonly gets frozen in the bushing. and if its one thing thats a pain in the ass... its having the head of the bolt snap ohh and your left with drilling it or torching it out. otherwise a minimal amout of tranny fluid will leak you dont HAVE to drain it but if its a high milage car then why not.

hope that helps

 

if you have ripped into your front suspension any time recently then it wont be that hard....took me about 45 minutes to completely change out the axle....I have had the hole front apart due to the swap so all the bolts were still very easy to undo and I knew exactly what I was doing, so I suspect with a few tough bolts prob around 2 hours especially if the hub bolt hasnt been undone in quite some time. (my cv boot ripped 2 days after I finished my swap...go figure....)

 

couldn't find it josh :dunno:

I am 85% sure my front right went out, anyone got a good write up on it in case I can't find Josh's anytime soon?

 

Maybe I dreamed it? :thinking:

I was going to do a DIY, but I don't think I ever did.... may need to get back on that. I have pics and everything.

 

Axel How To

here u go

 

3 hours? Hell I can have my engine out in less time if I'm in a hurry. Each axle should only 45 minutes or so if you have an impact. Just be careful seperating the lower ball joint from the hub, you don't want to rip the rubber boot on the ball joint. You will also need a pry fork. This is a good time to take the hub assembly in for some new lower ball joints (about $30.00 a piece from NAPA for top of the line Moog). This is a very easy job IMO. What's a pain in the ass are Accord rotor replacements (did my sisters 97' EX this past weekend).