Ok, so you either broke an axle or just want to replace them because you have boat loads of money and ran out of things to mod on your car.

These are some tools you will need:

• 21mm socket (1/2" ratchet preferred)

• 1/2" ratchet (impact gun if you have one)

• 1/2" breaker bar

• 21mm wrench

• 12mm socket

• 1 1/4" socket (impact socket preferred)

• short 1/2" extension

• needle nose pliers (or Screw driver for cotter pin)

• Adjustable wrench

• Hammer (or Puller 1026)

• Brass punch

       fig. 1               fig. 2                fig. 3                 fig. 4                fig. 5             

       fig. 6               fig. 7                fig. 8                 fig. 9               fig. 10

       fig. 11            fig. 12               fig. 13              fig. 14             fig. 15

       fig. 16             fig. 17             fig. 18               fig. 19             fig. 20

       fig. 21             fig.22              fig. 23               fig. 24             fig. 25

       fig. 26             fig. 27              fig. 28              fig. 29             fig. 30

1. Break the lug nuts loose on front wheels (19mm socket).

2. Jack car up and use jack stands, Take wheels off (or lift if one is available fig.1).

3. Take note of the cotter pin (fig.2). You will need to take that out! Flatten the flared out ends with the adjustable wrench or equivalent (fig.3). Remove cotter pin with a screw driver or needle nose pliers (fig.4).

4. Remove the Nut retainer (fig.5)

5. Remove Retainer washer(fig.6)

6. Remove Nut (fig.8), this part is tricky if you do not have an air gun. it is torque down very tightly. You may want to put the wheel back on and take the center cap off to access the nut. this will give you some leverage to break the nut loose using the weight of the car. On (fig.9) you can see the tools I used, if one didn't work then I used the other.

7. Take nut off (fig.10)

8. Remove washer under nut (fig.11).

9. Remove the Caliper, it has 2 bolts. Both are 12mm (fig.12).

10. Make sure to hang the caliper correctly as not to tear or bend the lines (fig.13).

11. Now move on to removing the strut bolts, they use a 21mm sized nut and the head of the bolt is of the same size (fig.14) there are 2 bolts per side per side.

12. Just give the bolt a hit with the hammer until it pops out the other side (fig.15).

13. Now, Pry the steering knuckle and strut housing apart. It's not too hard to do with a large wrench (fig.16).

14. Now is on to the fun stuff. You can hit the end of the old axle with a Hammer (rubber mallet recommended or Puller 1026) to loosen it. keep on hitting it until it pushes back (fig.17 & 18).

15. Now that the axle spline end is free, pull the steering knuckle/hub assembly out and towards the cabin of the car. This should give you enough room to pull out the axle end towards the front of the brake disc(fig.19 & 20).

16. The inner side is easy, Slide off inner tripod joint out. If you encounter a problem Strike the areas marked (X) with a Hammer and brass punch. Pull out (fig.21 - picture is taken from bottom of vehicle)

17. Now the Axle is out (fig.22), Take note that this is the passenger side axle.

18. Align the new axle into it's new home (fig.23 & 24). Align the axle shaft end into the steering knuckle/hub and slide into it(fig.24 & 25).

19. Place Nut washer on (fig.26). Screw the nut back on (fig.27),First put in the nut retainer washer on, then Place the nut retainer on the nut taking notice the holes on the axle shaft end, align the opening on the nut retainer with the holes on the axle (fig.28).

20. Slide the cotter pin into the hole and tap it in with a hammer or punch (fig.29).

21. Flare out the cotter pin ends with the needle nose pliers as shown in (fig.30).

Please take notice that all these figures show the passengers side axle being done. The drivers side is similar but you must empty out the transmission fluid(ATF+4). The Tranny fluid drain is an allen plug. The plug is on the bottom of the transmission and has to be taken out with a 7mm allen wrench. Once drained taking the axle out is the same as the passengers side.

Torque specs:

• Hub Nut - 180ft. lbs/244 N.m

• Caliper guide pin bolts - 26ft. lbs./35 N.m

• Trans drain plug - 17ft. lbs./23 N.m

• Strut bolts (nuts must face front of vehicle) - 40ft. lbs./53 N.m plus another 90º turn after torque is met.

Updated on 1/12/05

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