CV Axle Replacement Tips To Make It A Smooth & Simple Repair!! 2011 Honda Odyssey

[@jimjordan5320]

I'm a pretty experienced backyard mechanic and this is an excellent video. Thanks!

[@InTime-x3j]

I never knew about the clip and the 12 and 6 position and I have done quite a few. Once again I have learned something from Kenny!!!

[@JulietHotelFoxtrot]

The little magnetic light falling and then not falling was strangely satisfying. I don't know about those import direct CVs though. Pretty thin shaft on them.

[@richardstone5241]

I always replace the seal at the same time. Learned the hard way.

[@ateamfan42]

Some cars have a metal sleeve around the seal that must be crushed to fit in a pry bar to remove the axle. I guess the design intent is that is basically forces you to replace the seal too.

[@richardstone5241]

@@ateamfan42 Yes, you are correct.

[@followyourbliss101]

i think that trick about the clip is going to save me big time when i do my cv axles later this week

[@WrenchingWithKenny]

@followyourbliss101 Let us know how it goes. Keep wrenching! Kenny

[@Personalized_Workshop]

Good to see it was a good day with the hammer. Using the right one and the right side of it mighta helped. I don’t have the luxury of a lift yet, so my hammer skills are skewed with finding the right angle of attack, laying or kneeling on the ground.

[@Personalized_Workshop]

Update: I now have a lift. It’s a Game changer.

[@robertmassmann228]

Thank you I learned something. I wondered why I had so much trouble put the CV joint back together during boot replacement. It will make putting the axles back in the front differential. 12 o'clock will be were I will position it from now on! 😊 21:48 !

[@ateamfan42]

Great trick with the punch in the (vented) rotor for tightening the axle nut.

[@CruisinComPTon]

Lol a while back I changed out both axles on a 2011 Fusion and that clip was killing me. I think I saw another one of your older videos and was able to finally seat it.

[@greggc8088]

Great work as always Kenny.

[@j.cooper2246]

So Kenny, I have a question. While you're this far into the repair on a vehicle with high mileage and appears to be an original seal. Why would you not just replace that seal? I had an axle replaced on my vehicle and 3 months later. It was leaking transfluid out of the axle shaft seal. They had to remove the axle and put a new seal. Because I did not have time to do it. Essentially, a ten dollar seal cost me over two hundred dollars. Had the mechanic just installed a new seal when they initially installed the c. V axle more than likely I would not have had to have that seal, replaced three months later. Asking your opinion if you suggest this to the customer. Is it cost savings, or if you just roll with it? Because there's no signs of leakage on the old seal.

[@mostlymoparih5682]

I replaced the passenger axle on my 99 Caravan and it had over 160 thousand miles on it so I replaced the seal on the transmission at the same time. Now it should be good for at least another 160 thousand.

[@ballershanelle]

Can't make money if they are proactive. It would be advisory to say, let's change it.

[@jameshinchman6949]

Great clip info on this one. Thank you sir! 👍🙌

[@jean-pierrehall2914]

Hey Kenny. Love your work. I watched your video and others. The other videos took the calipers off and the strut loose. You didn’t and the axle came off.

[@goodcitizen64]

I personally would replace both axle shafts and the seals! I learned the hard way lol

[@JimLambier]

I stumbled on your videos a few weeks ago and I must say that your videos always contain some great hints!

[@2quicktrap]

Thanks!!! Just completed ☑️ Blessings to you!!!

[@bobby9195]

Good morning Mr Kenny. Happy Hump day 😊. Hope all goes well today.Made a cheese burger and home fries for dinner last night 😊😅. Yum! Tell Mrs Kenny I said hello and send my best wishes to y'all. Have a wonderful day sir.🎉

[@glennfields8121]

Nicely done Kenny. I always enjoy watching your videos to learn or refresh. It seems like a lot of Hondas need this repair. Mor than other makes and models? I'm not sure.

[@patrickjordan7670]

Hi Kenny just watching you changing the axel on that car all the way to end where your putting on the wheel and it reminds me of changing a wheel for my father way back in mid 60ts on a ford popular it was called I was only 13 years old and proud of myself until a hour later going to church with my father driving the front wheel came and passed him out a bit of a laugh at the time and no traffic back then from that day it's been inbred into me to over tighten everything I'm in heavy equipment all my life and don't have time to look for torc setting out on site. Interesting videos 👍

[@JimSix-jo6hf]

you were so lucky with that light, it hung on, I was getting them from the Snap on truck, never can seem to keep one for more than a few weeks, always end up on the floor now I get cheap ones on Amazon LOL!!

[@joshuac837]

Very good tip about the C-clips! I will use that

[@billycupid7762]

I don't grasp the importance of the clip at the 12 position. The ring can get jammed out of place when the open end is at 12, or 6, or wherever... it's just a question of whether it gets pushed too far out, and then pinched by the axle. Are you saying it's less likely to happen if the open part is at the top, because gravity pulls down, so whatever part of the clip is lowest will poke out more? If so, I mostly agree... but I've worked with long axles on offset transmissions (recently on a BMW) where it was hard to get the shaft in 100% straight until you had it at least partway in, because it needed to clear a support brace. As you're working it in and trying to straighten it out, the end of the axle you're handling tends to be low, and the end sticking into the diff tends to be high. In other words, if the inside of the axle is scraping anywhere at that stage, its probably the top.. and you may be more at risk if the open ends are up there. This may be part of the reason why you hear guys advising 6 o'clock. I had trouble with that particular axle. Generally speaking, I prefer bolt-on designs to expanding clips. The clip seems like such a modern upgrade (just snap it in!) but it can lead to pain, especially if something isn't sitting right. Bolt-on axles are obviously bolted on; you can just look at them and see that's not the problem area, and move on.

[@chrislee6377]

great vid kenny honest and transparent good tip on that c clip thanks

[@woody95124]

Good job bud..You allways do it the correct easy way..

[@ianwright2637]

Excellent cv axle replacement guide.

[@HaroldMetzgar]

The hardest time I ever had removing an axle was on Jetta. I had to pull the inner joint apart and drill a hole in the side of it and use a slap puller to get it out.

[@budnolan1033]

I have a jetta and had the same thing happened that was a rough couple days, until I got a heavy duty slide hammer.

[@robertroller7027]

Would it be a good idea to apply grease to the splines where it goes through the spindle and the contact area where the grease seal rides ?

[@WrenchingWithKenny]

@robertroller7027 If you're in the rust belt, it's a good idea. Thanks for watching. Keep wrenching 🔧Kenny

[@mikethompson3534]

I usually use my original axle and just replace both boots and regrease the original cv joint as I am concerned with the balance and shoddy made in China joint from having problems later on

[@brad6665]

Since the boot on the other side was leaking, I would replace that CV axle also. You just never know if water and/or dirt got inside since grease is coming out.

[@peterbenson3776]

Kenny .. its a 5 cent cotter pin

[@jeffp5673]

I have used a nail as a cotter pin to get home.

[@46fd04]

Nice job!

[@jthonn]

Nice job

[@richardroach9030]

You know, it's gonna be back next week to Replace the other side. Never. Fails, when you do one, the other one will go.

[@timmieclark9976]

wether the axel is seated or not, it can't fall out, and it will seat as you drive it.

[@billmalec]

Whether Axle

[@JimLambier]

My son had his CV axle replaced and they were not seated properly. He had parked on a steep hill with his wheels turned. When he tried to leave, the axle snapped. It broke along the groove where the clip rides. The small piece of the shaft and clip stayed in the transaxle but the rest of the axle popped out.

[@Nudnik1]

We had civic pop out several times..

[@alexanderkevenaar5500]

Good

[@carsten4594]

Greasy prints on rotor?

[@johnguilfoyle3073]

The Lengths are shorter on the new shafts just like the Potato Chip bag says, Some Settling May Occur During Transport. 😉😉

[@RobertYonng]

I always used a brass hammer to push the axle lose. 🙀

[@Taillighttim26]

All a cotter pin does is stop the nut from backing too far so it doesn't make a difference i remember one time I used a piece of wire

[@CruisinComPTon]

Wow they made it so it's difficult to take out the axel from the transmission putting that lip around where it seats. For us regular people without a lift I'd probably be breaking stuff and cussing at Honda

[@stephenmeeks684]

That car got shafted.

[@curtw8827]

Cotter pin keeps the nut from backing off, has nothing to do with the torque of the nut, could use a bent nail.

[@johnlynch7990]

I hate living in the rust belt. 😢

[@tomc3216]

Man that new chinesium cv shaft looks way too thin for my liking.

[@robertpulliam9973]

Are you speaking in Ft pounds or pound ft

[@barrymcguyer6206]

They look different as hell to me!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@stephenmeeks684]

That light nearly fell.

[@gearheadgregwi]

Why on earth are people taking the caliper off and strut? Just undo the ball joint. Have passenger side to do.

[@Michael-yi4mc]

How hard is it to change an axle? About 300 dollars in labor when you can do yourself for free.

[@peterbenson3776]

Clearly isnt a northern car!

[@douggoddard9109]

I'm a hanging

[@pootthatbak2578]

Mr kotterpin mr kotterpin ooo, oooo, oooo😅whats wrong now horshack?😅 are you reuseable? 😅Yes horshack😅

[@edmartin5654]

Interesting, it's really not that hard!

[@InTime-x3j]

Ive done a lot of axles and sometimes you get that extra special one that just fights you all the way.LOL

[@xrisdavid785]

@ 5:05 "....my weight...." ----> kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4a6i6SYqtKUkNE

[@stephenmeeks684]

The 19 mm was not 🍌🍌🍌

[@GTIFabric]

#1 tip, don't buy cheap China axles, they are 1% of the quality of your original axles. Find a mechanic who knows how to r&r your original cv joints with new grease and boots.

[@michaelmeyers1827]

How is your wife doing?