HOW TO REMOVE A SEVERELY STUCK CV AXLE / CV JOINT FOR CHEAP | DIY CUSTOM REMOVAL TOOL - WORKS!
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Make your own tool for close to nothing in cost! How to remove a CV Axle / CV Joint that is fused, stuck, bound, frozen into the transmission.
CV Axle Removal Tool, CV Joint Removal Tool
Man, I can't thank you enough. Being trying to get the cv axle off of my 2011 Hyundai Sonata for a whole week. I was just about to put everything back together and take it to the dealer. Then I found your youtube channel via Google. Within 10 minutes (after I got back from Home Depot) I had that S.O.B off!!!! I bought a pair of Milwaukee vise grips, 3ft of 7/16 threaded rod, 3 washers (i used various sizes), 3 - 7/16 nuts, and (2ft piece of 3/8 galvanized pipe with a floor mount attachment) to use as my slide hammer. Using the tape was genius... Thanks again Marco.
Awesome bro glad to hear you found success. Nothing like a little youtube and diy engineering to get the job done!
I was able to remove the "tulip" from the transmission using a cable and a trailer hitch ball assembly. The cable was a spare from my garage door lift spring safety cable kit. It was small enough to fit behind the "tulip". I removed the rubber boot from the inner end of the shaft leaving just the inner "tulip". The cable has a loop at each end so I inserted one end through the loop and placed it behind the "tulip". I wrapped the middle of the cable around the heavy trailer hitch assembly and in two tries the "tulip" popped out!! Thanks for the inspiration.
I concur with the first hit comments. This worked, plus I had an excuse to buy another set of vice-grips. I wracked my brains for a couple hours before I saw this video. I used a bunch of large 1/2 drive sockets stuffed into each other for weights to slide along the threaded rod. Tape is a must! Great video post! Thanks!!!
If you can drill a hole in cv bucket use a bolt or d shackle through link in chain then through hole drilled wrap chain around strong handle and jerk hard it may take a few tries but it works
Thanks a lot for the knowledge, one for the memory bank. I had same problem a few years ago on a 99 Kia believe it or not. It was impossible to pry out. Another mechanic trashed the tranny prying it out. 5 star video here Marco.
I am trying this tomorrow evening. Good idea.
After working my arms to death trying to pry a stuck CV axle out of our 2000 Dodge Neon I built a chain type of "slide hammer." It did NOT work. Before I went back out to try more I got on You Tube and found your video. THANK YOU! Three slams and it was out! What a relief! I did make a little modification. I put a piece of 1/2" PVC pipe over the all-thread rod so the threads of the pipe and the threads of the rod wouldn't rub against one another. Anyway, everything worked GREAT! I actually used an old rusty vice grip I had in the garage. LOL
DavidBruce Allen Awesome Man!
I sure hope this works! My husband has been trying for a week now to get cv joint removed from transmission. Will let you know if he has success after using your idea. Wish us luck!
It worked! Thank you for the great idea! But instead of using duct tape my husband used a hose cramp and it worked great!
Good Luck!
Awesome!
WENT TO ACE HARDWARE AND SPENT ABOUT $33 TO MAKE THIS OUT OF ALL THREAD AND A FEW PLUMBING FITTINGS. I ALREADY HAD A GOOD PAIR OF VICE GRIPS BUT THEY WERE THERE FOR SALE FOR $15
TWO HITS AND IT WAS OUT!!! AFTER BENDING 2 CROWBARS AND DESTROYING TWO FLAT HEAD SCREWDRIVERS THAT I USED AS WEDGES. ALSO PUT A SMALL CRACK IN THE TRANSMISSION HOUSING WHICH I COATED WITH JB WELD THE ORIGINAL FORMULA. HEART ITS STRONGER THAN THE QUICK DRY.
100 THUMBS UP TO THIS GUY AND HIS HELP SOLVING THIS PROBLEM!!!
that rod is the made of zinc. it's steel coated in zinc for a little corrosion resistance.
The rod is made out of Steel coated with a thin layer of zinc. It's a steel rod
Well , I owe you a beer or two. beautiful ! 7/16 x 14 threaded rod into a vice grip , that thing came right out !!! thanks !!!
Well, I got the inner joint off with this technique, unfortunately, the axle shaft came out of the inner joint and remains in the transaxle. I tried to grab the axle shaft, but couldn't get the vise grips to stay on after 5 or 6 hits. Car is disabled in the driveway now.
Does the shaft look like the one I have in this video? If you have somewhere to grab make sure you tighten the all thread with a pipe wrench while the vice grip is clamped on. It also helps to make sure you are grabing onto clean metal and a lip or groove of some sort. If all else fails drilling a short bolt to grab onto has helped in the past. That is a last case scenario.
Actually, I goofed up. The axle remaining in the drivers side transaxle is supposed to be in there, unlike the passenger side. I'm glad I didn't wreck the splines with this technique. Otherwise, had I known better, this technique is awesome, and it did what it was supposed to do.
+gtube22 Awesome! Glad to hear it worked out for you. Auto Repair can be so frustrating sometimes.
ummmm Oreilly free rental for cv axle works too
That shit work with cheap ass Walmart vice grips. I was on the second day trying to pry my axle off. It was to the point where my neighbors wanted to give it a shot. This dude look like Shaq O Neil couldn't get it to budge. But that shit took bout 10 minutes to build. And 1, 2,3. clop. Three seconds man our you kidding me. Thanks a lot.
Lol had me rolling with the baby shaq trying to get it off. I'm glad it worked for you.
Man what an ordeal. Nothing worse than Smacking that pry bar with the old short-handle sledge, rightly expecting a nice clean pop & release, & getting absolutely zilch for your effort. Whack the pry-bar several more times right there in the sweet spot, next to the fulcrum point, still nothing - & then you know your in for some FUN. Stupid c-clips. UGGGGHHHHH...
I built one very similar to yours from threaded bar stock & a harbor freight cheapy dent puller slide hammer. welded thethreaded stock to the end of the slide hammer, but instead of vice grips, I welded the cut off open end of a combo wrench to the other end of the threaded bar stock, right on the tip & at a 90 degree angle to the bar stock, just right for slipping between the bearing cage & the differential face where the splined part of the axle goes in. 2-3 good smacks & out they pop. But sometimes it likes to slip off the cage, though, & I gotta hose-clamp it to the side, which is where your vicegrips approach reigns supreme! gonna build one like that, next. ;)
I spent several hours using the vice grips and also notched the CV and made zero progress.. I got a 12" x 1/8" dirll bit and drilled a hole through both sides of the CV. Widened out the holes to accept a 1/4-20 screw. put an eye bolt on the end of my slide hammer and ran the bolt through it. Came off in 4 hits. For me the vice grips were just not working.
That is the next level of stuckness. I'm glad you got it out!
Worked Great! Thank You! Lowes has Vice Grips with 7/16" SAE threading , HomeDepot has Metric, both stores only have SAE All Thread, so go to lowes for the Vice Grips and 3 ft of All Thread. An 18" piece of pipe from plumbing worked. Took me only two slides of the pipe to remove the stuck CV with your tool. Prior I had spent over an hour failing the removal with various pry bars. Your video is awesome! Thanks again!
Of course I see multiple people doing the same thing. N no offense but you all act like it's your own special tool lol. When 30 people I've watched all did the same thing lol. But I can't believe I can't find a real mechanic that has done this without the stupid damn tool
To be fair when I posted this video all those years ago I literally could find anyone with a better solution that didnt require welding. At the time it was my own special tool and I still have the tool and it has never failed me.
Dude, had the same problem b/c I put a shitty Chinese axle into my Tacoma. Two hours fighting, prying, hammering.. I watched your video, looked through my garage, about 45 minutes later: Presto! One shot! Thanks Man!!
Man after having this problem and trying different methods for a month I couldn't take it out. I watched the video and was very skeptical since nothing ever work from TH-cam so I just decided to give it a chance. I spend about $30 on getting the bise grips and the rest of the things. The first 2 tries it slipped. At the last attempt it came out. I couldn't believe it! Thank you for your help!!
Hmmm. We tied my car down and tried to jerk the cv joint out and that didn't work either. My step brother has your same settup with the vice grips and that didn't seem to work either. Looks like we need to do some sort of version of this though.
Carter Eberline I did the same thing and it took this tool to knock it out. Comment back and let me know how it works!
Worked like a charm got the list below from Lowes for 6.00 used my own vise grips parts list: 69888 3/8 x 16 3 ft all thread 2.90 12109 1/2x 5 nipple 2.32 63303 3/8 nits (2) .12 EA 68884 3/8 fender washer (3) total cost 6.00. Put the pipe nipple then 3 fender washer then locked the 2 nuts of the end used this to adjust the vise grip from the end with a rachet. clamped on then pulled with 2 tries works great
I designed my own using a 10lbs weight and scrap metal based off your video... Got it 2nd pull!! Thank you sir! I wasted hours prying away for nothing. This really works people!! 👍👍👍
I am glad to see I am not the only one that had trouble! I have been wrenching for 30 years!!
You made a slide hammer. They sell these on Amazon or any auto store. Slide hammer.
I did with a vice grip on the end 10 years ago this wasnt a common tool that every knew about
Looks good but can't find 7/16" threaded rod. Haven't tried Lowe's yet. When wife gets home, I'll borrow her car again....
This isn't a new set up. Sorry, to be the Debbie downer but I made one of those in 1998. It works awsome for many different things. Glad you figured out how to fix your cv axle problem.
My name is Brenda Standifer this is my mother-in-law's computer. Just had to say thanks for posting this. Second day trying for my husband and I. Even my dad and one of his buddies tried with no luck. Built this and had to drill a hole in axel joint to get enough of a grip with my vice then It came right off!!
also I used a bearing hub from a Saturn Vue that I recently pulled out for the slide hammer.
Hey this is John B you don't need to make that all you got to do is jack your car up with a good jack crowbar stick in between transmission push toward the transmission from the stuck CV axle and it comes apart
Nice idea Marco. Threaded rod is made from steel - but sometimes zinc-plated to resist corrosion. Rod is NOT "zinc". Far too soft for making a rod.
dude thanks for the idea. welded mine up and it worked perfect!!
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I used your idea on my Mercedes and it took one wack and it was out, you saved me a lot of cash! Thanks.
Just wanted to say thank you. We have been hammering and pulling at that damn thing for 2 weekends. Rented a slide hammer from Advance Auto Parts and 3 racks back and it popped right off. You are a lifesaver!!!
98% of the time all you need to do is clamp it down just as the video shows but try just using the CV shaft it self as the slide hammer. I my self just have never had to break out the trusty slide hammer or make one yet.
Great idea but the rod is called allthread damit
Dam bro s.t.h.🆙 ....gra8 tool you came up with but all that extra talking kills it...j.s
You can knock it out from the other side if you can get one of them out reach through with a rod of some kind and drive it out with a hammer.. They do it at the dealership.
It works I made one
I built this for under $5 and pulled my stuck CV axle in 4 whacks. GREAT vid and idea!
Allthread!! Its all Thread :)
Did u try the fork / slide hammer CV . tool??
I did, but the cup was recessed into the transmission in such a way that it would just slide out with every hit of the slide hammer. I took it back because it didn't work.
@@Ocramman86 I think the trick is to snap them, if you pull hard the clip doesn't want to compress.
Watch this vid if you want more CV axle nightmares
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I owe you a drink buddy!, welded some round stock to a vise grip and an old sprocket, used an old hitch as the hammer. 10 minutes of welding 2 hits popped right out. Cheers!
freaken genious man thank you for sharing lets see some future uploads of more ideas
That`s using your noggin. Nice idea. I think the problem with pry bars is that it applies sideways force which wont allow the clip to release on the opposite side. With your approach the force is straight back which allows the clip to release smoothly.
Huge thanks!!!! Spent hours trying everything and then seen this video. I was able to use a dent puller and the thread was perfect for my vice grips. Literally 4 whacks and it came out.
Thanks so much for the snap ring lesson. I accidentally over-extended my right CV axle on my FWD 3000GT, pulling the TJ out of the housing and tearing the boot requiring me to rebuild the inner boot and joint. But getting the CV spline to separate from the trans was a multi-hour ordeal. Once I understood the need for sudden or "shock" force instead of gradual force, the solution was at hand. I grabbed my pickle fork (because my large screwdriver was bending too much), wedged it between the tranny and a lip on the housing, gave it a few good smacks with my palm before I saw it move, and it finally broke free with a couple more smacks. Much obliged, Marco.
Mike Gleghorn I'm glad the video helped you out. People tell me I talk in too much detail but I always say it's for the best!
Awesome fix for this problem. I used a cheap o mini sledge as my weight, worked like a champ. Thanks for the ideas
Im gonna bet this method is going to work for my 2006 mini cooper. Ive spent hours trying different methods to get the cv axle out. Nothing has worked. I can't wait to give it a try. I'll let you know how it goes when i'm done.
Fingers crossed! Let me know!
Where tf do u get a long screw like that
@Zaya Hewlett. Its called all thread you can just ask at any hardware store.
I used it and it works!! I don't have pipe i just used some sockets and tape them together. make sure you pull straight and straight off
My Volvo has been to 4 shops, all of them telling me they couldnt do it and suggesting a transmission shop. I told my local indie to please try this approach. Waiting for a call back. If this can't get it I'm truly screwed.
Let me know Id be interested in finding out the results
Unusually, I find that a 57mm spanner fits on both sides of the cup, which pulls the drive out evenly. The usual way is with a sliding hammer, which takes longer than the spanner method. It all depends if you can access the cup easily. I have also used (with some sucess) a 50mm crows foot on two long 1/2" extension bars. If you have to use a lot of force your doing it wrong.
And I merely put a fairly lightweight chain around the same part and put a 5/16 x 1.25 inch bolt to wrap around it next to the tranny and about 3 more feet. Take the loose end and connect to the frame of your jack. Place your feet and arms so that the chain is taught and then move your jack in toward the engine about 1 to 1.5 feet and then swing the jack out away from the car, letting the weight of the jack jerk the CV joint right out of the tranny. Works every time.
Taking it off without destroying the boot is the real trick . But sometimes you have to get creative and make sacrifices
Check out my comment above. Just went through all of this
Boots already torn why I’m replacing it.
Thanks for posting this....I was just about to make this....when I gave it one last try with just the vice grips and me yanking on it with both hands...I jammed it back and forth a few times and went under with a screwdriver to pry and it popped right out.. so thanks for the idea of the vicegrips
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, it worked on the third pull. A big thank you for posting, this is the second one I have done
on my truck the first was 9 hours to get off this one 15 minutes and $45. Well worth the money. Now I have the tool.
Ted Fudjinski Awesome I'm glad to hear it worked.
I will also attest to this. Changing axles on my 2009 acura mdx. everything on front passenger took about 30 mins...up until I had to seperate the axle from the intermediary axle. spent 7 hours with pry bars, extensions, screw drivers, mallets, converting to religion, sacrifices, etc. Friend built me one of these from scrap parts he had. 10 minutes later it was done. Thank you!!
B Fehrman so glad it helped
Thank you soo much was working on this cv joint for hours your awesome dude
I made a homemade slide hammer with vise grips and some threaded rod. It worked like a charm. CV axle popped out on the first hit. Thanks for the tip!
***** I am glad this video provided you with some inspiration. I knew someone out there would be able to enjoy the thrill of making this and it actually working. I still have my homemade slide hammer with the cup attached as a trophy in my shop LOL. Its cheap enough that I would probably make another one if I ever needed it.
Just tie a rope or cable around the inner cup and pull.
literally just put this together and used it now. Came over to the garage computer and had to type a Big THANKS to ya!
Jason Mills awesome! glad it worked!
Thx a bunch it worked on my 2005 Mazda 6.
This looks awesome, but I have a perfectly good nearly brand new CV axle that is stuck in my transmission. I need to take the CV axle out to clean and paint and install the transmission.
I would recommend carefully removing the boot by unsnapping the metal retaining band. That should be the only thing holding the boot to the inner cup. Then you can remove the inner cup using the method and tool in the video. Afterward you can put the boot back onto the inner cup and replace the metal band. You might have to replace some of the grease and maybe even the band depending on how cleanly you can remove it and put it back on.
Perfect I actually hadn't considered removing the metal band. Thank you!
great video helped me fix my first car next video I'd recommend filming with the camera sideways
haha I know it. I actually filmed this on my tablet and I didn't know what I was doing.
About to try this for my Honda Civic 2018 si passenger side. I spent all day with a pry bar trying and no luck, hopefully this works tomorrow morning as I gotta leave back to college tomorrow night.
Did presenter really start by saying " I want to show my little tool " --- Very funny. Excellent video. Thanks
Take a 6 ft 1/8 wire with two wire clamps. Wrap one end around the cv joint a couple of times and clamp it. Make a loop on the other end that fits into an ax handle. Put the ax through it and swing away. The boot will probably survive. It is the most incredibly simple and cheap way this job is possible
I owe you one Marco works like a champ 1 slide and it was out Thanks Again
I've got a 97 sephia and I have been trying and trying To get the drivers side out. It's been a nightmare. I just hope i haven't missed anything else up. But alright home made slide hammer. Gling to make one right now.
After a pry bar didn't work for me, I hammered a pickle fork between there and it worked perfectly, so I didn't have to resort to your tool. Great idea though.
I’ve been stuck on the cv joint for the last day 😂 just saw this video so to Home Depot I go. Wish me luck
Goodluck!
oh and make sure you use a "curved jaw" vice grip and not "flat jaw" they make both, the flat jaw doesn't grip the bearing cup as well. thanks again Marco.
Exactly! My first try was with a flat one and it did not work nice call!
i used this method. but in my opinion the author goes overboard and wastes time. my axle was very stuck. rav4. known to be a bitch. i used a dent puller and vice grips. the dent puller threaded straight in. i used an old rubber valve core from a lawn mower tire to pick up the slack between the dent puller and the vice grip tightener. first try it fell off on my 2nd stroke. i forgot the duck tape. got out my cleveland browns ducktape. gave it 6 hard harder and harder whacks. and wham bam thank you cleveland browns. for gettin' er done off the field. cuz they sure as hell cant do it on the field!
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I've been known to ramble, but hey for a lot of people that have no idea what to do it helps to get more info. Besides if I hadn't rambled on about the duck tape it wouldn't have helped you :) I'm glad that that it helped you! Good Idea on the dent puller I'm sure some people will have one of these laying around to use instead of my Frankenstein slide hammer lol.
Marco Vazquez yes. you are correct. i stand corrected. i will Thank You instead of thanking the Cleveland Browns Duct Tape.
:D Hey no worries the Cleveland Browns need all the thanks they can get! Lol
I just yanked mine out in a similar way. Thanks for the ideas. I basically used chain link the right size to put on the vise grip screw, clamped on the cv joint and taped to secure.......then using my come-along cable system. A few good yanks and bamm!
Nothing severely stuck if it came out with a vise grip bite
When you take a dodge 2500 and try to snatch it out with 50k pound rated steel cable and it just pulls the whole vehicle then it is assuredly severely stuck.
I ended up pulling spider gear pin to remove retainer clips off shaft ends to pull them out nothing else worked not even a 13lb slidehammer. i experimented with dilling instaal bolt to cv cup nope didn't move. chain around cup nope didn't move. so pop it open remove retainers an done.
After watching this I welded my new Mennards visegrips adjuster screw to my slide hammer and in 15 blows it popped out . I did weld blobs on the stuck shaft(for grip) so vise grips would not and did not slip, excellent. Thanks.
Success here too! Bought a new set of Vise Grips (a regular pair and a tiny needle-nose pair) for $17, a 3-foot length of 7/16-14 all-thread and a couple of nuts and fender washers, a 12" piece of 3/8" galvanized pipe and a floor-mount cap for it. No extra weights needed. One hit was all it took!
Thank you sooo much bro! I built it with everything from true value and put it on the cv hub and got it on the FIRST try! Thank you a million bro! Your a genius!
ginder77 awesome man! So glad it helped!
thanks a bunch, just had this prob w my 2000 Tiburon. went to home depot got supplies for $25. 3 strikes n it was out. worked like a charm.
I just took some threaded pipe, one inside another, and screwed flanges on both ends. Viola, slide weight. Anyway, works like a dream, just be ready for that transmission fluid. Thanks a ton, Marco!
Excellent advice! My friend and I have used this technique with great success on not one but three stuck inner CV joints. Many thanks.
No problem man. I am glad that it helped!
Hi you can use hammer part from regular slide hammer and heavy duty hose clamp instead of tape. Good idea on using vise grip.
This totally works. I worked for days to remove an axle using a crowbar. After watching this video, I went to a hardware store, built a similar tool, and with one try the axle joint popped out. Wow! Thanks for sharing!
doesnt work. any other way?
We recently did this with a jaguar. The only improvement was using a hose clamp instead of tape to secure the viceGrip in the closed position.
3 whacks and it was out. Good idea.
Bolt a chain around the cv housing and bolt the chain to the rented slide hammer. No need for a rod and vise grip and much cheaper.
I had a volkswagon jetta about a month ago that had a stuck cv joint the exact same sticking situation. I used the exact same thing with the exception of the slide hammer. I used a double headed axe head. I slid it twice and it popped right out. I will give you a little hint about using pry bars in the back side. when you pry on the hub it tends to try to come out cocksided thus binding even more with the tension spring. if you are lucky you might get it but most likely won't. Don't waste time trying to get in that tight place it;s not worth it. pull it from the front.
i usually just stick a pry bar on the plunger case and whack it out with a big heavy hammer..comes right off
Doesn't always work trust me I tried. That is why I made this in the first place. One day you will run across that one rogue cv axle and remember this video and be like oh okay now I know what he was talking about. lol
Hey don't be embarrassed about the jury rig. Whatever works!! Thx for the advice.
This looks genius!
I had to remove a CV axle. Saw your vid. Made my own and work on first pull after trying a pri bar
For 30 min with no luck. Thanks for the help.
Will that work on a Canam
Just made your tool for a stuck cv joint on a VW Beetle. I had to add a little weld to the edge and once I did it worked like a charm. Thanks for the video.
Master slide hamer kit has all the adapters you need to use any pair of vise grips you want
3/8" threaded rod
If you ever need auto detailing tips, give me a shout!!!!
For us we took a 3 foot steal bar welded a old steal sledge hammer head to it and then welded it to the cup and pulled it
Thank you for this idea. I couldn't get the left axle out of the differential on my daughter's '97 Camry. Prying was futile. I made a puller using vice grips, 3' of 7/16" all-thread, a.k.a., threaded rod, a couple of washers, a couple of nuts, and the 5 lb slider from my stud weld puller. Popped it out after three or four hard whacks.
Did you grind the end of your all-thread to look like the bolt from the vice grips? At first I didn't, and I realized that it wasn't locking. I ground down the first quarter inch of the rod to a diameter of about 1/4", just like the original bolt. Worked like a charm.
To make the job even more frustrating, the right spindle nut was frozen completely. Used a breaker bar and extension with my full 180 lbs on it. Nothin'. Put a jack under the breaker bar handle, and jacked it up until the breaker bar looked like a long bow. Nothin'. Used a punch and 5 lb mallet to try to pound the nut CCW. Did that for hours. Heat. PB Blaster. More pounding. Finally I had to cut through it with a 3" cutoff wheel. That took a couple of hours, too.
A job that should and could take three or four hours wound up taking about 12. >:(
myownspiritlevel I thought of doing that myself but it worked fine with out it and I thought that the extra thread might help the situation from becoming catastrophic if the force from the hammer broke the threads on the zinc rod I was using.. Turns out all is well. Thanks for commenting!
Marco Vazquez THANK YOU!! I used your idea to attach vice grips to my slide hammer. It worked the first time after over an hour with various pry bars.
Thx fluffy looks like your tool works i'm going to give it a try tomorrow.
you sound exactly like Ricky from trailer park boys
This is shear genius we got a tool from auto zone and fought with it for 4 hours trying to make it work
We made your tool and got them out in 30 seconds you are a genius