How To Replace Hyundai Santa Fe CV Axle. 2007-2012

[@NWPencrawler]

Thanks for the vid. Gonna do this job this weekend. Nice tip on the inner clip at 12 o'clock postion!

[@GarageWorx]

Hope the repair goes well! It really wasn't that bad of a job. Thanks for watching!

[@allthegas]

Great vid. My girlfriend’s cv axle killed itself in a median the other day. Gonna fix it now.

[@GarageWorx]

Thanks for watching!

[@joenmass]

Thanks for the video. Like the other person said, nice tip to put the inner clip at 12 o'clock position. This is my project next week, waiting for the parts to come in.

[@GarageWorx]

Great to see folks saving money and fixing their own vehicles. Thanks for watching!

[@rvborgh]

i just did this job a day ago. initially coated the splines (half shaft side, and the inner side of the mating end of the inner CV) with anti-seize. Would not go in. Once i got under car and dabbed a bunch of ATF onto it, it slid on easily with no effort. Hopefully this helps someone. The position of the inner clip did not seem to make any difference for me. One other thing. Removal of the old shaft was just a matter of pulling/yanking it out just like in this video. Its because (at least with the factory/OEM axles) there is a wire lock on the inside of the CV which prevents the tripod joint from exiting the cup. So you can just yank it out. This is definitely not necessarily true for other brands - like Toyota for example.

[@rvborgh]

its interesting. i just purchased the very last OEM passenger side axle shaft for the 2007-2009 Santa Fes with 2.7 V6, and 5 speed manual transmission (no more left in North America, and none left in South Korea). The shaft i purchased has a vibration damper on it. Thanks for making this video. Hopefully things go as easily as they did for you when i put this shaft on mine. i had to replace mine since my inner CV boot also tore.

[@GarageWorx]

Cool. Good luck on the install. It must be the exhaust heat that breaks down the inner boot. Thanks for watching!

[@rvborgh]

@@GarageWorx Thanks. i have no idea why it did this. In addition to the new OEM axle shaft i bought a new support bearing and also a spare non OEM inner and outer CV. Another interesting is that the CV boots on the OEM shaft are much better quality than the ones on the spares. If you still have the OEM axle shaft, there are some German firms that make quality inner and outer CVs so that you can rebuild your OEM shaft back up (since it has the vibration damper). i have not heard much of anything good about the Chinese made ones. FEBI/Bilstein makes a quality outer CV joint for these, and Dekkert makes an inner. Unfortunately, GKN/Lobro doesn't make anything for the Hyundais (they are the OEM for Mercedes Benz and VW-Audi group). The OEM Hyundai axles are made by Kefco.

[@rvborgh]

well things did not go easy... previous owner installed a camber bolt at the topmost position. Removed the nut for that, but it would not turn. Could not remove it either, despite massive sledging on the remaining stud. Trying to get it to turn, broke the head of the bolt clean off. Ended up having to drill through the remnant of the bolt, then Sawzall the bolt off on both side of the knuckle where it goes through, then remove the remnants of the bolt that were stuck in the steering knuckle. Essentially, moisture got in there and completely rusted the camber bolt to the knuckle causing it to seize. i had to drill the bolt all the way out to 1/2" drill size, and then dremel grind the rest of the way to get all remains of the cam bolt out. What a PITA. i would say, if you do this and you see that there is a camber bolt, that it is best to just remove the steering knuckle from the ball joint to avoid this nightmare.

[@GarageWorx]

Do you live in a road salt state?

[@rvborgh]

@@GarageWorx Michigan. But it is not nearly as bad here as say in a state like NY. i take photos of the underside of my Santa Fe every year and it does not seem to rust. Except for that aftermarket camber bolt lol.