Audi A3 Outer CV joint replacement

[@diydaly]

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[@TeamAtterz]

Using the bolt to pop the cv joint off. Legend. Thank you for this, ive been a mechanic years this saved me a good hour or 2 dropping the entire shaft out.

[@diydaly]

Haha nice one , nifty little trick isn’t it 👍

[@cglim1090]

Fantastic!!!🎉

[@castrolgtx5064]

Fantastic tip @ 10 minutes with the cv bolt., I’m over 33 years working as a mechanic and never seen that done before 👍 👏

[@diydaly]

Thanks 👍 glad you liked the tip! pretty nifty isn't it! 👌

[@castrolgtx5064]

@@diydaly You’re very quiet with your video’s mate I’ve been waiting for a new release since the corsa repair a few weeks ago

[@diydaly]

@@castrolgtx5064 yeah I know! First time I’ve had break for about a year.. I’ve been on holiday and had a few weeks off .. I’m currently working on an Audi A3 timing belt video that will be getting uploaded next week , back on now so will be 1-2 weekly uploads coming 👍

[@castrolgtx5064]

@@diydaly Great stuff thanks 😊 look forward to the video

[@diydaly]

@@castrolgtx5064 👍👍👌

[@davidbutler5234]

Excellent video. I just found this after I had worked out that I could try to use the axle bolt to push the cv joint off. I found it took 110Nm as I was using my torque wrench to get enough leverage. I did not remove the brake caliper but removed the 3 x 10mm lower arm nuts to swing the hub out and back.

[@diydaly]

Nice one , glad you liked it mate 👍👍

[@kevinpalmer7452]

It can be a real messy job that , I do them just the way you have shown but I have to say never thought of using the hub bolt to draw the CV joint of the drive shaft top tip 👍

[@diydaly]

thanks Kev! yeah makes light work of getting it off 👌👍

[@sinvulasinvula7074]

Tomorrow early in the morning I’l put new cv joint appreciate a lot from you Sir...👌🏿🙏🏿

[@diydaly]

🤞 all goes smoothly 👍

[@broomad]

That trick using the bolt saved me a world of pain 👍

[@diydaly]

👍👍

[@peteselby3508]

Thank you for this video, saved me swearing anymore

[@diydaly]

Good to hear

[@barrykimber]

Excellent video, very clear & concise….now to have a go at mine !

[@diydaly]

Glad it will help 👍 thanks for the comment 👌

[@tlotlomogodi2916]

U are a great instructor ❤

[@diydaly]

Thanks 👍👍

[@vitekmak3486]

thank you for this wonderful tutorial!

[@diydaly]

Glad it was helpful!

[@benjaminzhou9503]

Great instructions! So it seems removing the brake assembly enabled you to take out and slide back the drive shaft back into the hub without having to touch any control arms. Is that correct? This reduce the likelihood of having to do a wheel alignment after the job. Thank you!

[@diydaly]

yes that's it mate 👍👍

[@sagishimshon]

How to fit the cv joint after dissembling? The hammer hitting didn’t really work, and I think this is Dangerous because the drive shaft still connected in the gear

[@philipsinclair5575]

Brilliant thank you

[@diydaly]

You're very welcome

[@mumtazzafar5696]

Hi m8 great video. I have an audi a3 1.9 tdi and today I have changed the suspension mount one the front passenger side and my God what a nightmare it turned out to be. It took me hours and hours to do this job. I only put my hands in as I had few days off work. I had to take the full wheel hub out as well as the suspension upper arm and used the hammer over and over whole splitting the rear of the strut with a big chisel. Anyway the job was completed one way or another. However when it came to put the cc joint in the hub the angle bolt become really tight. I had to hammer it in few times while tighten it with a breaker bar at the same time. Why has this happened? What I also observed wasn't that bit of grease Kept coming out of the threads or the housing in which the axle bolt goes in. I think my outer cv joint is bad. What's your thoughts? I love working on my car when it needs to. My car is also feeling a bit heavier since this job while driving. I took it for tracking as it also needed the driver side tyre. The guy said the tracking should not okay once the news tyre is on.I did feel the difference afterwards however whenever I turn the steering right to the lift or lift full lock I hear a sort of squeaking sound. This sound is more on the left.

[@mumtazzafar5696]

I am.concerned about the grease leaking out on hub but. The bolt had to be forced in. Also I think I have probably not secure the suspension mount the way it should have been. There were 2 arrow marks on top of the mount which should be facing forward and backward of the engine. Whats your thought about the axle bolt problem.

[@diydaly]

Hard to say without actually looking at it

[@richardjones3112]

Another excellent video 👍.

[@diydaly]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Reesaming]

Nicely explained thanks mate

[@diydaly]

Glad you liked it, thanks 👍👌

[@columjevens4612]

Brilliant,great tips , thanks 👍

[@diydaly]

Glad it was helpful! thanks for the comment

[@andybrown6981]

I wonder if that trick to use axle bolt and small extension to remove axle spline from cv joint using the impact driver is possible with hand tool?

[@diydaly]

Should be possible with hand tool but never tried tbh mate .. works well with an impact 👌

[@davidbutler5234]

Great trick. I did my A3 and used the axle bolt to drive the joint off the spline. Took 110Nm for about first 4 turns. Used my 40cm torque wrench to get enough leverage.

[@fs.audi.8p]

I got qouted 600 not included vat for oem drive shaft. and garage says put aftermarket one on the car when i asked them to rebuild my drive shaft boot .. Am i right in saying i will run into issues with aftermarket parts as the balance could be off at and also they aint as good with performance cars ? Tia

[@diydaly]

No I fit aftermarket shafts all the Time mate

[@fs.audi.8p]

@@diydaly thank you for putting my mind at ease mate I'm gonna get gsp or jandrcvjoints I just didnt want 2 pay for a part that will break few months after buying Could you possibly make a video covering good aftermarket brands and bad cv joints drive shafts and bearings ? I feel like alot off miss information and bad reviews on them all the best and thanks

[@andrewmitchell6611]

Brill Job Cheers

[@diydaly]

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[@RIMHQ-YT]

Have you ever tried changing the front wheel bearing on these? I have a passat and its identical hub, so i for saving myself looking to buy the hole hub with a new bearing inside and i have seen its 4 Torx thats located back just where you installed that shaft and my car is just as rustybas yours so did you have any problem removing the 4 bolts or any advice for me before ingo ahead and buy them? I just changed all front suspension and also the axle hub just like you and after it was all done i realized i could hear slightly the bearing on driver side. Just my luck. Thank you for your reply. Its a 2004 passat four motion so the front looks just like yours here. Toby

[@diydaly]

Hi mate, yeah I have , if you check out my Audi A4 B7 playlist , there's a front wheel bearing replacement of there which will be vey similar to your Passat 👍

[@RIMHQ-YT]

@@diydaly i looked behind and i couldnt see any torx screws behind there. Autodoc video of the b5 shows also no torxbscrems the they on that video must remove all arm out of the car to a hydralic press. I wasnlike fuck. I dont wanna do all that again!!

[@diydaly]

@@RIMHQ-YT are right! That’s a pain! I can’t quite remember tbh then , it’s a while since I’ve done a Passat bearing

[@Ansis99]

Thank you! 👍

[@diydaly]

👍👍 thanks for the comment

[@Ansis99]

@@diydaly In fact, your video like many other videos are very helpful! When I start to think about prices of components and start to compare what can I do and what I can`t do, I can make 1/2 of job on the car myself. I have Golf MK2 of 1983. Every year I do my restoration of old parts. In this year I restore doors. Time "eats" up everything. :)

[@diydaly]

@@Ansis99 yeah surprising what you can save really , some jobs arnt too bad to do really just time consuming

[@Ansis99]

@@diydaly Yes it eats time, but I have time. :) Last year I restore Dashboard - everything go bad - I use LED lights to change old style lamps, restore clock, speedometer. Change brakes, Main Brake cylinder, fluid too. I try to make my own things - like beer, like some things like Electric Bike - in my channel you can see it. It`s life! :)

[@diydaly]

@@Ansis99 👍👍 I’ll check it out mate

[@dm5rkt]

Really excellent video. Thanks 👍

[@diydaly]

Glad you liked it! thanks for the comment

[@johnathanmolella8070]

Hi mate, i called up my mechanic and told him both of my boots are torn (like in your video) and they are leaking grease. He told me the whole axle would need a replacement.. What are your thoughts?

[@jorusanubis6745]

You may just need a boot replacement,

[@diydaly]

Should just be boot replacement

[@richb5478]

is this the same for 2009 model?

[@diydaly]

yeah will be very similar mate

[@game4alaughman]

Can you do this, this way without taking off drop link & dropping (control arm/ball joint bolts16mm ) on golf 7 or Octavia 3 ? Will the shaft have enough room to come out, without any swearing 😂

[@diydaly]

No im afraid not mate

[@richb5478]

is that the same as the halfshaft?

[@diydaly]

no a half shaft is a solid shaft in a rear axle

[@drumbyte]

I would be afraid to whack that much force into the transmission.

[@diydaly]

Haha looks severe if your not used to it but they take it..

[@7don_edifice221]

lol British Tightening Metric 'pretty tight'

[@rowenramnath2016]

I remember getting a new CV joint making sure it a right one and new shocks making sure it the right one not a wrong joint .I Do make mistake i show the seller. It looks the wrong one I took. Then seller gets angry and says you a F*****k Mechanic. Whats his problem? So I dont buy by him now.