CV axle installation tip .. P.S. , it also helps with removal too

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[@tomcrotty1498]

Excellent tip. Ordinary people would never guess that. Good video.

[@Beegz839]

Good stuff. These little tricks take years to learn. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@MrGoogelaar]

This is one of those things that is actually common sense but is so easy to overlook, very good tip.

[@fomoco300k]

Never knew that. Now I know (at least one reason) why some are easy and some are not. Thanks for the tip and the education. Been changing CV axles 16 years and never knew.

[@steverobinson6198]

Finally, someone producing quality, informative information. Exactly what I look for. Someone that knows what they are doing without that blanket blank music. The music is soooo distracting. When I look for information the last thing I want is a dog and pony show. Thanks for your efforts.

[@job38four10]

You actually might have found something no one knows til now. I remember 30 years ago taking front axle off an ATV, I pulled and pulled, banged and banged the axle wouldn't come off, so I chained one side to wall, hooked come-along to axle and other wall, something was goin to move, I brought come-along to full pressure then BANG!!!! The axle flew off and took part of spline with it...... Then on other axle, I clamped slide hammer on again, still frustrated from first side and re-thinking at same time of why so difficult, I started banging slide hammer, after two strong hits, nothing, then for some reason I happen to rotated the axle a bit, then another strong bang and the axle flew off so fast I didn't know what happen, so your story makes sense 30 years later..........

[@yactabay]

I have done many more complicated things to my cars and those of family. With every job that I saved quite a bit of money I would buy a tool or two. Sometimes the job required a new tool so would add that tool to the mix. However, I always shied away from doing the CV axles. A place back home took the factory ones off and rebuilt the joint and installed for $90 in 1990. That is $212 in today’s money. It was a no-brainer. I had been scared to have those two issues: 1) shaft won’t release on wheel end 2) won’t release on tranny end 3) Bonus issue: won’t insert back into tranny This video and another made my first attempt for me now at an older age a good experience. At the hub end it came out super easy and I mean like butter. At the tranny it would not come out with the pry bar. A lift may have given me the angle I needed to get more leverage. I rented a hammer puller for the job and still nothing. I did the quarter turns you and another KZbinr recommended and BINGO, on the second or third quarter turn it came off easily with the puller. Great tips. Good job. Tomorrow will get to the other side. Hope to not get a new surprise there. Thanks

[@KK-ygh]

RESPECT from KENYA 🙏🙏🙏hank you sir.....ive seen mechanics hammering in my cv axles and it didnt feel right... they need to visit you sir for schooling... THANK you sir 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@WrenchingWithKenny]

Thank you, my friend! I hope you are well. Thanks for watching 🔧

[@JF-xq6fr]

Now I can't even put a socket on my impact, without doing this to its cir-clip! Great video Kenny.

[@wyrosjr]

Love learning new tricks. I was in the hammer it in club, will be more careful now.

[@jcnlala9461]

Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and experience. Made my job a lot easier.

[@aaronspringer2237]

Thank you for the great information, I myself have removed and replaced several CV shafts and at times yes they have been a pain.

[@norain31]

great tip , i remember 1 time on a ford focus they sent me a drive axle that was a titch longer 1/4 inch >>? didnt know there was even such a thing . well after 15 mins farting around not getting it to seat i google it and ended up having to order the correct one . always good videos kenny !! makes my morning coffee's taste better

[@TheDieselndust]

This is the best tip I’ve ever seen. Thank you.

[@nekoisme2703]

Thanks for the video, I've been fighting the cv axle on my daily and this helps a ton!

[@WrenchingWithKenny]

Glad it helped! Thanks for watching the channel & keep wrenching 🔧

[@elliotthorum3671]

Pretty sure this helped me today. I've been battling a CV axle for a while. I was a couple of hours at it today before I seriously thought it might be time to give up on it. I found this video and decided to give the advice a try.. It still required repeatedly beating the hell out of it with vice grips and a slide hammer, but rotating the axle 90 degrees a few times seemed to be the answer. Once I found the right orientation, it came off in three hits. I also used the tip for orienting the retainer as described and the new axle went right in with no difficulty.

[@malibuStroker]

Great tip and great video!

[@rickwidlund3512]

Great tool, your mind,with the knowledge you hold ,& experience. Thank you. 🔧

[@barktwicemofo]

wow ! more great info! , that 1/4 turn , rotate , like the words ot the end.. rear brakes...simple... clean car ! , here in ohio though....rust, @#$!! salt , a Whole different story !!, yes , i wanna go south where all ur nice stuff dont rot away !! keep those videos coming !! thanx!!

[@WrenchingWithKenny]

Right?! Those northeast cars are rough. Thanks for watching & keep wrenching 🔧

[@markhuyette8509]

Thank you for the good tip have a blessed day! 😊

[@Pontiacdreams]

What a great demonstration and explanation!!!

[@perry9492]

Thanks for the tip, actually had a clip jam on me and it was a pain to deal with.

[@BellaRocko]

That's a great tip, Kenny! I wouldn't have thought of that. Thanks for sharing!

[@stephenrose8188]

Now that is a damn good tip sir! Thank you 👍

[@shaharinabdullah7116]

Outstanding observations, makes sense too. Thanks for the tips. Cheers from Down Under.

[@bobhartman2571]

Another Great advice tip. Thank you!!

[@sorinal1234]

excellent tip !!!!!!! lots of thanks !!!!

[@carjockey1776]

Great tip thank you. I appreciate the video. Thanks 🙏🏼

[@KennethAlexander-xu6qb]

Yessir.... i struggled with everything you said. Dodge Magnum awd 05. Given me the blues. Once it stop raining, Im trying this. Thanks

[@josequintana6526]

Kenny, thanks for the tip. Was not aware of this. Will save a lot of DIYs a BIG headache. Keep up the great videos.

[@jamesmatticks70]

Excellent descriptions!

[@kirkmckellar9350]

Thank you for your professional advice and tip. Keep up the good work

[@WrenchingWithKenny]

Thanks for watching & keep wrenching 🔧

[@jeffrobinson1515]

Good tip! I have also packed the groove with brake lube/dielectric grease. Seems to help with moisture and centering the clip.

[@Americansikkunt]

Thank you! My transmission is slipping after replacing CV Axle seal and boot, and this may be the cause!

[@michaelszczys8316]

I had a few Ford Escorts and every one of those axles were hard to get off. One of them i spent a couple days playing with every kind of prying technique, even making custom prying tools i could twist with a ratchet wrench. I finally had to fabricate a tool that was three- sided that i could clamp over he transaxle end and jerk with two small chains evenly. Three good jerks and they popped out. The clips needed a quick snap that was totally straight and even to get the clips to go in. Pushing them in was a snap, getting them out was a nightmare.

[@jazziejim]

Wow! Very helpful! Thanks.

[@donaldmoore6327]

Good info ..have struggled with axles sometimes never sure why !! Now i know ..thanks ...

[@WrenchingWithKenny]

Glad to hear. Thanks for watching 🔧

[@Okie-Tom]

Great tip my friend!

[@stevemoses7474]

Thank you for that, great tip!

[@WrenchingWithKenny]

Thanks for watching. Keep wrenching 🔧

[@todell7008]

Great tip! Something to watch for

[@juans6639]

EXCELLENT TIP. Thanks

[@ToolsandTime]

Good tip man, that could definitely save a headache for sure!

[@roger5638]

Great help..... thanks pal

[@juliosdiy3206]

Thnks man i like the 1/4 turn tip.

[@rafaellizardo3842]

Nice explaining. 😊

[@johnfitbyfaithnet]

Excellent information thank you very much

[@WrenchingWithKenny]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching & keep wrenching 🔧

[@7viewerlogic670]

Thanks, great info.

[@rollenschultz2707]

Great tip

[@mygt8a4re]

Priceless 🍻

[@dann5349]

good tips, smart man.

[@chriscoralAloha]

Again, thank you very much.

[@intuberably]

Thanks!

[@invisibilianone6288]

Good info🎯

[@danielharo1412]

Good one, thanks

[@dogman8436]

How about packing grease in the circlip groove on assembly to center the clip? That has worked for me. Thanks for the idea of rotating the axle on disassembly.

[@dalebabbitt6185]

Thank you!!!!

[@daviddelle774]

Nice to know. I think I may need to replace a CV axle on my Fusion in the not too distant future.

[@richardp3624]

Well-explained.

[@Spartan-Of-Truth]

I plan to break into the wheel well tomorrow. I’ll be by a couple auto parts stores. I’m going to break into it little by little and by a tool or two at a time until I get into it and do it like so.

[@danbrownellfuzzy3010]

Just did about 5 cv axels. The little C Clip is 100% everything. Prove it to yourself, take that 0:35 clip off with a mechanics hook pic and watch it slide into place with one finger.

[@Joanne-vr4zu]

Thank you, Sir

[@w8what575]

I took a black rubber bungee cable and wrapped it around the cb axle and then hooked the ends to the knuckle where it was pulling on the cb axle …then took the end and turned it till it found the right spot it wanted and popped it out…easy…on a 2005 trailblazer…after trying to use the pet bar method without it even slightly budging…,so instead of fighting it……

[@cm1133]

Thank you sir

[@cameronjones2568]

Im glad i watched this before pulling it out and in

[@dublinsuresh]

Thank you for tip on c-clip position for sliding out and sliding in. I got it out within 15 minutes after watching your video. I have been struggling to find a way get the driver side axle out for the past two days on my odyssey 2007. I used 15 inch pry bar bought from Walmart and a 15oz hammer. I turned the wheel little by little on every attempt. In 4th attempt I got that loose. I sprayed lubricant around the rusted shaft - not sure this played any role. I will folllow the your tip on c-clip orientation on placing the new axle back in.

[@WrenchingWithKenny]

I hope all goes well. Keep wrenching 🔧

[@haldooley4940]

Thanks for the tip most of the 90s ck left stub shafts could be impossible

[@SnareX]

I take a little grease and put it around the clip to hold it steady

[@andrewb6603]

Also before assembly make sure to lube the clip and splines with ATF.

[@pingpong9656]

Can anyone explain why I didn't think of this all this time? Golden tip - well done sir.

[@runner3033]

Sometimes axles would go in easy, sometimes not. Now I know why! Thanks for the great tip, just used it a week ago (saw your other video) and what do you know this one came up as well.

[@WrenchingWithKenny]

Glad it helped! Thanks for watching & keep wrenching 🔧

[@johnanderson4808]

Great tip, guilty. lesson learned.

[@physicalivan]

u r awesome

[@richardlambert1544]

That totally makes sense

[@andremaillet1230]

Thank you

[@WrenchingWithKenny]

You're welcome! Thank YOU for watching and keep wrenchin' 🔧🔧

[@JustAnAverageBrad]

good example of the small things you only learn from experience....or from someone else with experience and a youtube channel

[@abea4696]

He is right

[@Derek-ld4kn]

Help me?! Sir, you just explained so many swear word filled, Dantes Inferno level horror story cv axle job problems to me here. Bro 🤯💀

[@grahamlamb3192]

👍

[@frenokomio]

Έξυπνο trick

[@irisbaez1972]

Why not see where is the clip in the trans seal and put the cv axle clip to the same position and push it? Is the same thing you are doing, so you don't have to move the clip in the trans. -- Remember, we need to move the cv axles while we push the inner cv axle out from the trans. in this way what we are doing is looking for the right spark or position to remove it from trans. -- Other way is check where the clip is positioned when we remove the axle from the trans, and just adjust the clip according and push it. Easy right?

[@readplanet23]

Thank You sir for the valuable information. Have A Wrenching Day! 🛻👍🏼🚚

[@byways7528]

Kenny, how does one remove and replace that round retainer c clip thats on the spline? The one an axle rebuilder put on mine is distorted and appears to be the wrong size, and I don't trust it. Thanks!

[@TheWilferch]

Question. Looking at a Toyota manual for my Scion......for the section on installing the CV/Axle half-shaft....it says, as you enter the trans, the statement I see is " install clip with open-side down". Seems to mimic your idea but the opening is then at 6:00 o'clock and not 12 o'clock. Could this be "same" as long as you're not at 3 or 9 o'clock?...as both 3 or 9 o'clock would have the clip "less-centered".

[@WrenchingWithKenny]

I prefer 12 o'clock because at 6 o'clock the effect of the click can overhang the edge of the splines & Gove you a head ache going back together. At least, that has been my experience. Thanks for watching. Keep wrenching 🔧

[@TheWilferch]

@@WrenchingWithKenny ...thanks for your kind and quick answer but I don't really visualize what you're saying. You say 6 o'clock results in the clip overhanging the splines....hmm.....wouldn't 12 o'clock result in the same....the only difference being where the overhang occurs ?????

[@davidh2550]

I just did my Toyota. 6 o clock was the only way it'd go in

[@TheWilferch]

@@davidh2550 ...great follow-up. Mimics the Toyota manual suggestion. Thanks !!! In addition.....it helps to swab a small dab of grease on the clip....this helps keep it "centered" on the splined-shaft too, and eases the insertion process.

[@MAC-gx3ji]

What's the actual purpose of the clip ? I've heard they were in there But I've never worked on a CV shaft Thanks

[@shahbazkhan8287]

Hello sir, what happens if you dont put the clip at all ??? As my technician threw the clip saying not required !!!

[@davekintz]

Common sense is a super power!

[@flyingjeff1956]

Why wouldn’t you place the opening at 6 o’clock?

[@yusuihang]

But that taper isn't just at the bottom. Isn't it tapered all the way around? So shouldn't it self centered regardless of position of clip? Also interesting is that I've seen quite a few youtube videos that say to put the clip at the 6 o'clock position. And I believe Toyota specifies 6 o'clock position for clip when installing.

[@brendonkurzer5006]

they all say 6oclock position this is the only guy I've seen do it, it's not a trick it's common knowledge, regardless where it's at gravity will hold it down. TRQs official install states to put it at 6oclock mark

[@quintariusgregory8298]

I replaced my cv axle and made sure it was in all the way and when I drive it slips back out about 3 inches and I have to redo it all over again. Anybody knows what’s going on.?

[@James0u812]

I always put it at 6 o’clock. Works better

[@electric_thumbs]

Do you always have to beat an axle in order to get it out ?

[@WrenchingWithKenny]

Nope. A lot of the time, you don't have to fight with an axle to get the repair done. Thanks for watching

[@electric_thumbs]

@@WrenchingWithKenny I really enjoy your content but where abouts in the United States do you operate out of?

[@WrenchingWithKenny]

Durham, North Carolina

[@user-cb9ht7cn4h]

I replaced mine on an 06 Sentra 1.8auto and now it sounds like differential noise coming from the transmission while driving

[@brendonkurzer5006]

popping and crunching?

[@TonyGingrich]

My favorite trick: See a mechanic struggling to seat a new half-shaft. The type with the male end. Can't get the lock ring into the socket. So I nudge him aside to let me take a stab. First I grab the splines and show him the lock ring. Explain how it's spring loaded. Blah blah... Basically acting condescending towards him. But with a purpose. I then spline it into the socket, give it a gentle shove...and voila. Lock ring slips in and the shaft seats flush. Not even a grunt. What the guy did not see? I had a small dab of grease on a fingertip. When I was being a douche and explaining the lock ring, I was actually smearing that grease onto it in the process. In most transmissions, that grease will remain on that ring until next time the shaft needs to be removed. Making the next removal all the easier.

[@mikem5475]

I don't understand how this is a trick with the acting condescending and not showing the guy the trick. Just sounds like you're being more worthless

[@TonyGingrich]

@@mikem5475 You must really hate magic tricks then. And magicians would also hate me. Because do actually disclose how I do things...as I did here. Unless, of course, the person acts rude. In which case, I'll blame it on "magic" and walk away, leaving them to figure it out on their own. The less sensitive you are, the more you're likely to learn from much more experienced people.

[@mikem5475]

@@TonyGingrich I learn from people who don't have to be retarded and abrasive

[@SL-pg4dh]

You are insufferable

[@TheWilferch]

@@mikem5475 ...seems the grease keeps the clip more "centered" in the groove...and doesn't fall to the "bottom" via gravity....is that the idea?

[@expandedmusicgroup7205]

Thanks😄 glory to Jesus Christ for the mechanics who does the most with their hands😄

[@saginaw60]

For corn sakes!

[@hashimsalim2665]

😄

[@erg0centric]

Don't fight gravity

[@Cokie907]

Hammer stuff out not in. 😂

[@garyr7027]

Imo, if a clip needs to be done this way the clip is expanded out too far. Clips should never be expanded beyond the bevel of the splines. If they are they can be removed and crimped back into position to fit tighter... I've done it multiple times for this very issue.

[@mp4338]

Please, less image of you and more image of mecanical. We want to see and understand mecanical.