Axle replacement
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Axle replacement
Should I even bother? I read the DIY on the forums here for a Civic and it looked hard... not complicated, but hard, tough bolts and massive force needed... what do you think? What is a good price to have it done?
Oh and I've this akward squeal when i brake while going backwards... is it the back pads or something else?... let me know, thanks.
Oh and I've this akward squeal when i brake while going backwards... is it the back pads or something else?... let me know, thanks.
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Here is a good DIY with pictures for you to get a good idea of what is involved: https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...d.php?t=173647
I wouldn't pay someone to do it if you have the tools available to do it yourself. I can swap out an axle in about 30 minutes with basic hand tools, so if you know what you are doing, it shouldn't take more than an hour and a half.
The only things that could be problems with doing the job would be the axle nut, getting the ball joints dislodged, and getting the axle to pop free. Just get a long breaker bar for the axle nut and have someone on the brakes while you try and break the nut free. I could never get the lower balljoint to pop free, so I dislodged the upper ball joint and the tie rod ball joint and did it that way. Getting the axle to pop free can be a bitch if you don't have the right tools. Get a crow bar for the passenger side axle and pry until it pops and for the drivers side, I got a plumber's wrench that fit between the intermediate shaft bearing and the inner joint and hit the side of the joint and pryed with the wrench until it came out.
I would attempt it first and if you run into problems, do everything you can to work around them, and if you still can't do it, pay someone to do it.
I wouldn't pay someone to do it if you have the tools available to do it yourself. I can swap out an axle in about 30 minutes with basic hand tools, so if you know what you are doing, it shouldn't take more than an hour and a half.
The only things that could be problems with doing the job would be the axle nut, getting the ball joints dislodged, and getting the axle to pop free. Just get a long breaker bar for the axle nut and have someone on the brakes while you try and break the nut free. I could never get the lower balljoint to pop free, so I dislodged the upper ball joint and the tie rod ball joint and did it that way. Getting the axle to pop free can be a bitch if you don't have the right tools. Get a crow bar for the passenger side axle and pry until it pops and for the drivers side, I got a plumber's wrench that fit between the intermediate shaft bearing and the inner joint and hit the side of the joint and pryed with the wrench until it came out.
I would attempt it first and if you run into problems, do everything you can to work around them, and if you still can't do it, pay someone to do it.
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Originally Posted by 9600baud
Hey yea thats the post I saw. The whole thing about people BREAKING their bars kinda threw me off.... what does the whole "dimpled" nut thing mean? That I didnt get at all.
on the 10th pic in the link
you can see the nut
if you look closely you can see the top part of the nut is dimpled. looks kind of like this---> \/
ill try to find a better pic of it
there.... where the flat is pointing at
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They just stake the nut to prevent it from moving. If you unstake it before breaking it, it shouldn't give you much of a problem. I, however, didn't unstake either of mine and they came right off. 
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