You're very brave to do the passenger side and lucky enough to be able to remove it. It's much harder than the driver side. Thanks for sharing the video.
Good video. I just did this job on my 2006 Toyota Highlander. Since I was replacing the axle anyway I wasn't worried about destroying the bearing. After beating on it for an hour with a 3 pound sledge hammer I finally got smart and used my air hammer. Placing the air hammer directly on the bearing pushed it out in about three minutes. Obviously this method destroys the bearing but it works.
There are two small aluminum pins that will fall to the floor when you loosen the carrier bracket. Keep an eye out for them, they are easy to miss. They go into the holes right next to the bottom two bolts to align the carrier bracket. Most videos on this job don't mention them. Yea, in the rust belt, just buy a new bracket and clip. It isn't worth the fight if it doesn't come out easy.
I'm started on my 2007 Sienna yesterday. Major pain getting the axle out. Anyway, I've tried two different axles (one from an online store and another from O'Reilly) and neither fit! They both are about 1/8" too long, so the shaft doesn't seat as close to the tranny, and I can't get the retention ring installed because the groove is blocked by the bearing. Anyway, what axle did you use? did you experience this issue?
@@SuperJ213 I used a cardone hd cv axle. It fit just fine and although fiddly the retaining clip went in. Despite a new OEM carrier bracket and SKF bearing, something is still scraping and not sounding right. Next time I'll buy oem only for this.
Turned out the new wheel bearing was bad. The cardone cv was fine. Weird failure but a second bearing and all is good again. Toyota cv was back ordered three years or so.
@@daveg7878 My front passenger bearing was going bad, took it to a shop since I didn't have the tools to deal with it, and they got it replaced. It was during that visit that we noticed the CV axle needed to be replaced. Makes me wonder if there's a relationship between them failing (considering your comment); it's probably just a coincidence. Side note: I got my axle installed, it just needed a bit of careful pounding to get it seated in the tranny. It was still a tad bit short, so I sanded the retaining clip to get the last little bit of clearance I needed to lock it all in place. Also, the boot on the rack and pinion had also broken down and was leaking grease. I replaced that while I did the axle (that was easy part!).
Just finished my axle. I decided it was easier to cut the bracket releasing tension on the bearing. Figured it was easier replacing the bracket then try to fight with it for a few hours or whole day. Took 15 min and it came out. Bracket cost like $60. Time saved is worth the cost. Time is money. I’m in the rust belt state so the air hammer did not work at all.
I'm started on my 2007 Sienna yesterday. Major pain getting the axle out. Anyway, I've tried two different axles (one from an online store and another from O'Reilly) and neither fit! They both are about 1/8" too long, so the shaft doesn't seat as close to the tranny, and I can't get the retention ring installed because the groove is blocked by the bearing. Anyway, what axle did you use? did you experience this issue?
Getting that carrier off is a pain. Siennas in the rust belt states suffer from frozen bearing in the carrier and some folks just use a sawzall and cut the shaft out. Lucky for me, I am not in the rust belt states . When I did this job I used a long pry bar type screw driver and whacked the body of the shaft about five time or so and it broke loose.
Same here, right against the back of the CV joint.... Housing I guess, right next to that bearing, a good few hits and it came out, after about an hour of pry bar, slide hammer and cussing. 😂
@@surfside75It is an absolute nightmare in NY and I own an auto repair business. I buy the bracket, snap ring and sell it with the job. No way am I wasting hours soaking, using a punch and hammer. I learned this the hard way. That snap ring never wants to let go and it gets severely distorted. I am doing a 2015 Sienna now and I am waiting for the CV Axle bracket and snap ring before I even get started.
@marcsmith3881 .. -I wish I had listened to others instead of waiting my time and mental. Bracket, Diablo blades cut the axle out. Worth the extra money.
Thanks for taking the time to make this video man. Very helpful. I also enjoyed your commentary. A few things you said had me laughing. Probably cause I had similar thoughts in my head while following along with you in the video 😄. And I can definitely relate to those subtle feelings that that we experience while working on cars. Those little minor setbacks as well as the little minor accomplishments. My favorite quotes in the video were... "That was poor plannin" I've said that a few times myself 😄 "Lucky me" Gotta enjoy and appreciate those moments. Cause they make up for the times when we aren't so lucky. And even though I can't relate to this one, I felt like I got married, grew disgusted and disappointed, and got divorced all during the time it took you to say it... "It's just dry. Dry, dry, dry. Like my ex wife." 😄 Thanks again for making this video and sharing your experience. Much appreciated man.
That missing bolt (14mm) is there to stop the outer part of the bearing from rotating in the housing as the bearing is not a press in fit. The clip is there to hold the bearing in the housing.
I was having a hell of a time getting the CV axle out until I saw that screwdriver and a hammer bit. came right out after about 30 hits. I was trying the slide hammer and getting nothing but the screw driver or pry bar and a hammer... perfect. Edit: spelling was atrocious
Was this vibration at higher speeds of 55-70mph, no noise from the axle, no clicks or humming but like the tires felt out of balance when it was the cv axle. I have the same shake/vibration at higher speeds, thanks
if i am not wrong, base on the condition of the brake rotor and when you use the impact gun, the front brakes are seized. Seizing front brakes can cause the vibration as well.
Both of my cv axles have grease all over them. Should I just replace them as opposed to replacing the boot only? And change the seals while its opened up I'm assuming.
Doing this exact job right now. The only luck I might have is removing an aftermarket axle should mean the carrier isn't stuck as bad as usual. Great video!
I was able to get it out a little differently I was able to get all three screws out of the bracket using an open end wrench and a 2nd wrench on the most difficult one. Then I used a slide hammer and puller and pulled the axle away from the transmission and then turned the bracket around and pulled the bracket out of the car with the old axle. Once I did this we did apply some heat using a small propane torch and were able to remove the axle from the bracket. What a pain. So it is possible to remove the bracket still attached to the axle. I am not sure that I would have been able to get it out other wise.
I cant get my snap ring for carrier bearing out rusted and jammed ima have to order new one and break ild one out if can unless i watch vids how to get bracket out and reuse if can get it off with bracket what i need you fast foward through the vid to try and get it out 😊
Hello there parts shooter. I have a 08 van that I’m working on and it seems I have transmission fluid leaking out of the transfer case. Was wondering if you have tackled a project like that before?
doesnt do any good to take the shaft bracket loose because the bracket is index pinned to thye block and it will not come away from the block far enough to get over the pins.. if you removed it with the bracket on it was because someone broke or removed the pins.. just sayin
The mechanic only replace the half shaft, as it takes more labor to take off the middle ring that holds the shaft. Do not buy a full length shaft for replacing the damaged shaft. Ask the auto parts shop for such tailored shaft.
You're very brave to do the passenger side and lucky enough to be able to remove it. It's much harder than the driver side. Thanks for sharing the video.
Good video. I just did this job on my 2006 Toyota Highlander.
Since I was replacing the axle anyway I wasn't worried about destroying
the bearing. After beating on it for an hour with a 3 pound sledge
hammer I finally got smart and used my air hammer. Placing the air
hammer directly on the bearing pushed it out in about three minutes.
Obviously this method destroys the bearing but it works.
There are two small aluminum pins that will fall to the floor when you loosen the carrier bracket. Keep an eye out for them, they are easy to miss. They go into the holes right next to the bottom two bolts to align the carrier bracket. Most videos on this job don't mention them. Yea, in the rust belt, just buy a new bracket and clip. It isn't worth the fight if it doesn't come out easy.
I'm started on my 2007 Sienna yesterday. Major pain getting the axle out. Anyway, I've tried two different axles (one from an online store and another from O'Reilly) and neither fit! They both are about 1/8" too long, so the shaft doesn't seat as close to the tranny, and I can't get the retention ring installed because the groove is blocked by the bearing.
Anyway, what axle did you use? did you experience this issue?
@@SuperJ213 I used a cardone hd cv axle. It fit just fine and although fiddly the retaining clip went in. Despite a new OEM carrier bracket and SKF bearing, something is still scraping and not sounding right. Next time I'll buy oem only for this.
Turned out the new wheel bearing was bad. The cardone cv was fine. Weird failure but a second bearing and all is good again. Toyota cv was back ordered three years or so.
@@daveg7878 My front passenger bearing was going bad, took it to a shop since I didn't have the tools to deal with it, and they got it replaced. It was during that visit that we noticed the CV axle needed to be replaced. Makes me wonder if there's a relationship between them failing (considering your comment); it's probably just a coincidence.
Side note: I got my axle installed, it just needed a bit of careful pounding to get it seated in the tranny. It was still a tad bit short, so I sanded the retaining clip to get the last little bit of clearance I needed to lock it all in place.
Also, the boot on the rack and pinion had also broken down and was leaking grease. I replaced that while I did the axle (that was easy part!).
Man, you have done a great job with the camera work! Thank you for the great video!
Just finished my axle. I decided it was easier to cut the bracket releasing tension on the bearing. Figured it was easier replacing the bracket then try to fight with it for a few hours or whole day. Took 15 min and it came out. Bracket cost like $60. Time saved is worth the cost. Time is money. I’m in the rust belt state so the air hammer did not work at all.
I'm started on my 2007 Sienna yesterday. Major pain getting the axle out. Anyway, I've tried two different axles (one from an online store and another from O'Reilly) and neither fit! They both are about 1/8" too long, so the shaft doesn't seat as close to the tranny, and I can't get the retention ring installed because the groove is blocked by the bearing.
Anyway, what axle did you use? did you experience this issue?
Getting that carrier off is a pain. Siennas in the rust belt states suffer from frozen bearing in the carrier and some folks just use a sawzall and cut the shaft out. Lucky for me, I am not in the rust belt states . When I did this job I used a long pry bar type screw driver and whacked the body of the shaft about five time or so and it broke loose.
Same here, right against the back of the CV joint.... Housing I guess, right next to that bearing, a good few hits and it came out, after about an hour of pry bar, slide hammer and cussing. 😂
Wish I could have gotten mine off😢
@@surfside75It is an absolute nightmare in NY and I own an auto repair business. I buy the bracket, snap ring and sell it with the job. No way am I wasting hours soaking, using a punch and hammer. I learned this the hard way. That snap ring never wants to let go and it gets severely distorted. I am doing a 2015 Sienna now and I am waiting for the CV Axle bracket and snap ring before I even get started.
@marcsmith3881 .. -I wish I had listened to others instead of waiting my time and mental.
Bracket, Diablo blades cut the axle out. Worth the extra money.
Thanks for taking the time to make this video man. Very helpful. I also enjoyed your commentary. A few things you said had me laughing. Probably cause I had similar thoughts in my head while following along with you in the video 😄. And I can definitely relate to those subtle feelings that that we experience while working on cars. Those little minor setbacks as well as the little minor accomplishments.
My favorite quotes in the video were...
"That was poor plannin"
I've said that a few times myself 😄
"Lucky me"
Gotta enjoy and appreciate those moments. Cause they make up for the times when we aren't so lucky.
And even though I can't relate to this one, I felt like I got married, grew disgusted and disappointed, and got divorced all during the time it took you to say it...
"It's just dry. Dry, dry, dry. Like my ex wife." 😄
Thanks again for making this video and sharing your experience. Much appreciated man.
I did read all that, I appreciate you 😆
Thanks for making this video.I learned more about the struggle with getting the bearing out.
That missing bolt (14mm) is there to stop the outer part of the bearing from rotating in the housing as the bearing is not a press in fit. The clip is there to hold the bearing in the housing.
I just asked another commenter about that, should have read a little more. Makes sense because it ISN'T truly press fit, just a really good fit.
I was rooting for you to beat that carrier bearing.............. Kudos bro man
I was having a hell of a time getting the CV axle out until I saw that screwdriver and a hammer bit. came right out after about 30 hits.
I was trying the slide hammer and getting nothing but the screw driver or pry bar and a hammer... perfect.
Edit: spelling was atrocious
Was this vibration at higher speeds of 55-70mph, no noise from the axle, no clicks or humming but like the tires felt out of balance when it was the cv axle. I have the same shake/vibration at higher speeds, thanks
We share the same issue I got noises with mine waiting for the CV axles to come in I'll let you know if it's fixed.
@@victorglass5595ok so how did things go?
What was the problem? What was the fix?
if i am not wrong, base on the condition of the brake rotor and when you use the impact gun, the front brakes are seized. Seizing front brakes can cause the vibration as well.
@peaceineachsmile3871 can you rewrite that so I can understand what you're saying a little better. Look like a question and statement
I have the same problem in both sides. Thank you very much for share bravo 👏
Both of my cv axles have grease all over them. Should I just replace them as opposed to replacing the boot only? And change the seals while its opened up I'm assuming.
Yes
Doing this exact job right now. The only luck I might have is removing an aftermarket axle should mean the carrier isn't stuck as bad as usual. Great video!
I was able to get it out a little differently I was able to get all three screws out of the bracket using an open end wrench and a 2nd wrench on the most difficult one. Then I used a slide hammer and puller and pulled the axle away from the transmission and then turned the bracket around and pulled the bracket out of the car with the old axle. Once I did this we did apply some heat using a small propane torch and were able to remove the axle from the bracket. What a pain. So it is possible to remove the bracket still attached to the axle. I am not sure that I would have been able to get it out other wise.
There is pins. I'm confused how it slid?
I cant get my snap ring for carrier bearing out rusted and jammed ima have to order new one and break ild one out if can unless i watch vids how to get bracket out and reuse if can get it off with bracket what i need you fast foward through the vid to try and get it out 😊
What connector? I have to disconnect it in order to do the rest
Hello there parts shooter. I have a 08 van that I’m working on and it seems I have transmission fluid leaking out of the transfer case. Was wondering if you have tackled a project like that before?
What conector do I have to pull out
I made a extra long needle nose pliers with notches for easy install &removal
How did you get the snap ring in so easily?
That snapp ring I used needle pliers
Good camera angles. Thanks
after doing this do you need an alignment?
Not for a cv axle replacement, no
Great video. Learned alot
I used a torch to heat the outside carrier made removal much easier
Smart remove housing at middle to lose back. Then tight and lose it
Well done my friend
Thanks!
Thank you for detail video
doesnt do any good to take the shaft bracket loose because the bracket is index pinned to thye block and it will not come away from the block far enough to get over the pins.. if you removed it with the bracket on it was because someone broke or removed the pins.. just sayin
Awesome
Hard work but you did it
The mechanic only replace the half shaft, as it takes more labor to take off the middle ring that holds the shaft. Do not buy a full length shaft for replacing the damaged shaft. Ask the auto parts shop for such tailored shaft.
Thanks
Mine is so stuck right now I've tried so many things cant get it out
Try to vibrate where it stuck. I think there is a video on youtube using that method. Good Luck
@@youadido thank you I finally got it with a sawzall
Do yall think ill be able to do it with shit tools?
How did it go? Did you replace it yourself? How bad are your tools?
props for the mexican music on the background 😆
Like my ex wife 😂