Axle help.....

PHOENIX · 05-14-2009, 03:14 AM

So by trying to remove my hub, which I did succeed, I managed to pull the axle apart.....doh.

Its the passenger side rear axle (just fyi) and is still attached.

Anyway, I took the outside seal on the boot off, folded the boot back....still looks good and will probably reuse it. Looks like I pulled the axle hub thing off the main shaft. The pin is still in place so it looks like I got a lucky pull while the pin was closed in and it just came off.

Can I just very carefully close the pin and push the hub back in, reseal the axle hub with a huge pipe clamp and call it good? Or should I pull the axle...and basically put it back together piece by piece?

all the bearings are still in there and there is a good amount of grease still in/on everything. I wiped a tad bit off the end of the shaft to inspect the pin and i guess it looks okay.

Any tips or advice would be grateful, can't say I have had much experience with taking apart axles.

- Dave

Oteck · 05-14-2009, 03:44 AM

need pics, i want to see this

PHOENIX · 05-14-2009, 04:09 AM

K, ill snap a few tomorrow and post them up tomorrow night.

I have a feeling this axle is going to be the death of me.

mr220v · 05-14-2009, 09:07 AM

So you were pulling on the axle and managed to pull the boot off?

It's really not that big a deal. If you didn't actually break the boot, just undo the strap with a pair of needle nose pliers, put the boot back in place, and just clamp the band back down. If you lost a lot of grease, you might refill it.

Rebooting axles is easy.

PHOENIX · 05-14-2009, 09:19 AM

not the axle boot....the entire outside Joint. The boot just made it to where it was hanging there. So when i removed the boot, the entire joint just fell down.

mr220v · 05-14-2009, 09:39 AM

Same difference. Not a big deal.

Usually when you do something like that, you just twist the axle back one way or another, and it pops back into place.

PHOENIX · 05-16-2009, 07:11 PM

ill post some pics later...... it doesn't twist, its splined.

Everett · 05-16-2009, 08:08 PM

Ya, I wanna see this. I need to replace my boots. I also have a set if you need them. They come with the clamps, pins, and grease.(OEM of course)

PHOENIX · 05-18-2009, 09:52 PM

PHOENIX · 05-19-2009, 02:11 AM

Anyone?

Oteck · 05-19-2009, 02:24 AM

looks like you can slide it back in, luckly it didn't grenade on you

PHOENIX · 05-19-2009, 06:58 PM

Well it grenaded on me today when I picked it up. I put it back together but now the joint is seized.

I give up

Napa auto has one for $60 bucks remanufactured for the whole thing. I guess i will just do that.

Medusa · 05-19-2009, 10:06 PM

Damn tough break. But $60 isn't too bad, I didn't know they were that cheap.

HeartbreakMR2 · 05-19-2009, 10:12 PM

At least you can get through NAPA. NAPA around here doesn't seem to be able to get any parts for a 2. Sorry to hear about your luck, good luck getting it back together.

PHOENIX · 05-19-2009, 11:19 PM

yeah, the only thing is I ordered it and its coming from Texas via ups and I don't know if I will be able to get it in time and get it together in time for a meet in a week and a half

Yeah, not bad though on the price. I brought the joint by a shop today and they wanted $65 dollars for the hours work to fix it...if they could fix it since it was stuck in there pretty good.

live and learn

92mroneil · 05-22-2009, 03:41 PM

dose anyone no how to connect the boots back up from the axles to the transmission?

328FTW · 05-23-2009, 02:38 AM

You have to buy the metal straps that hold them on if you wrecked them on the way off, a bunch of parts stores stock them to various sizes. Or if you use good quality cable ties (the ones with a metal tab for the ratchet are best) you can use them instead, I use 3 on each boot on my racecar pulled tight with pliers (2 normally is good enough) and they hold better than the metal band, a honda technician showed me that, blew my mind how simple it was

Oteck · 06-16-2009, 10:39 PM

do you still have the axle bit? i need the cage/race whatever inside

PHOENIX · 06-16-2009, 11:07 PM

I don't

I turned it in for the core charge.

05-14-2009, 03:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
PHOENIX Beams Owners Group Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: On Hiatus....... Posts: 7,914 Thanks: 84 Thanked 260 Times in 197 Posts Blog Entries: 1 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (46/100% )	Axle help..... So by trying to remove my hub, which I did succeed, I managed to pull the axle apart.....doh. Its the passenger side rear axle (just fyi) and is still attached. Anyway, I took the outside seal on the boot off, folded the boot back....still looks good and will probably reuse it. Looks like I pulled the axle hub thing off the main shaft. The pin is still in place so it looks like I got a lucky pull while the pin was closed in and it just came off. Can I just very carefully close the pin and push the hub back in, reseal the axle hub with a huge pipe clamp and call it good? Or should I pull the axle...and basically put it back together piece by piece? all the bearings are still in there and there is a good amount of grease still in/on everything. I wiped a tad bit off the end of the shaft to inspect the pin and i guess it looks okay. Any tips or advice would be grateful, can't say I have had much experience with taking apart axles. - Dave __________________ - Dave Phoenix is finally back on the road with new suspension pieces, god she feels good!

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05-14-2009, 03:44 AM	#2 (permalink)
Oteck RAAAGE! Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2,151 Thanks: 8 Thanked 60 Times in 57 Posts Blog Entries: 2 iTrader Rating: (3/100% )	need pics, i want to see this

05-14-2009, 04:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
PHOENIX Beams Owners Group Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: On Hiatus....... Posts: 7,914 Thanks: 84 Thanked 260 Times in 197 Posts Blog Entries: 1 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (46/100% )	K, ill snap a few tomorrow and post them up tomorrow night. I have a feeling this axle is going to be the death of me.

05-14-2009, 09:07 AM	#4 (permalink)
mr220v Beams Owners Group Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,791 Thanks: 13 Thanked 139 Times in 117 Posts iTrader Rating: (8/100% )	So you were pulling on the axle and managed to pull the boot off? It's really not that big a deal. If you didn't actually break the boot, just undo the strap with a pair of needle nose pliers, put the boot back in place, and just clamp the band back down. If you lost a lot of grease, you might refill it. Rebooting axles is easy.

05-14-2009, 09:19 AM	#5 (permalink)
PHOENIX Beams Owners Group Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: On Hiatus....... Posts: 7,914 Thanks: 84 Thanked 260 Times in 197 Posts Blog Entries: 1 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (46/100% )	not the axle boot....the entire outside Joint. The boot just made it to where it was hanging there. So when i removed the boot, the entire joint just fell down.

05-14-2009, 09:39 AM	#6 (permalink)
mr220v Beams Owners Group Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,791 Thanks: 13 Thanked 139 Times in 117 Posts iTrader Rating: (8/100% )	Same difference. Not a big deal. Usually when you do something like that, you just twist the axle back one way or another, and it pops back into place.

05-16-2009, 07:11 PM	#7 (permalink)
PHOENIX Beams Owners Group Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: On Hiatus....... Posts: 7,914 Thanks: 84 Thanked 260 Times in 197 Posts Blog Entries: 1 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (46/100% )	ill post some pics later...... it doesn't twist, its splined.

05-16-2009, 08:08 PM	#8 (permalink)
Everett Lovin' the curves! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Decatur,IL/Solomons,MD Posts: 1,422 Thanks: 42 Thanked 59 Times in 55 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (7/100% )	Ya, I wanna see this. I need to replace my boots. I also have a set if you need them. They come with the clamps, pins, and grease.(OEM of course)

05-18-2009, 09:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
PHOENIX Beams Owners Group Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: On Hiatus....... Posts: 7,914 Thanks: 84 Thanked 260 Times in 197 Posts Blog Entries: 1 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (46/100% )

05-19-2009, 02:11 AM	#10 (permalink)
PHOENIX Beams Owners Group Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: On Hiatus....... Posts: 7,914 Thanks: 84 Thanked 260 Times in 197 Posts Blog Entries: 1 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (46/100% )	Anyone?

05-19-2009, 02:24 AM	#11 (permalink)
Oteck RAAAGE! Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2,151 Thanks: 8 Thanked 60 Times in 57 Posts Blog Entries: 2 iTrader Rating: (3/100% )	looks like you can slide it back in, luckly it didn't grenade on you

05-19-2009, 06:58 PM	#12 (permalink)
PHOENIX Beams Owners Group Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: On Hiatus....... Posts: 7,914 Thanks: 84 Thanked 260 Times in 197 Posts Blog Entries: 1 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (46/100% )	Well it grenaded on me today when I picked it up. I put it back together but now the joint is seized. I give up Napa auto has one for $60 bucks remanufactured for the whole thing. I guess i will just do that.

05-19-2009, 10:06 PM	#13 (permalink)
Medusa Cage Fighter Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 623 Thanks: 9 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Damn tough break. But $60 isn't too bad, I didn't know they were that cheap.

05-19-2009, 10:12 PM	#14 (permalink)
HeartbreakMR2 Cage Fighter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Clarksville,TN Posts: 214 Thanks: 12 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts Blog Entries: 1 iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	At least you can get through NAPA. NAPA around here doesn't seem to be able to get any parts for a 2. Sorry to hear about your luck, good luck getting it back together.

05-19-2009, 11:19 PM	#15 (permalink)
PHOENIX Beams Owners Group Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: On Hiatus....... Posts: 7,914 Thanks: 84 Thanked 260 Times in 197 Posts Blog Entries: 1 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (46/100% )	yeah, the only thing is I ordered it and its coming from Texas via ups and I don't know if I will be able to get it in time and get it together in time for a meet in a week and a half Yeah, not bad though on the price. I brought the joint by a shop today and they wanted $65 dollars for the hours work to fix it...if they could fix it since it was stuck in there pretty good. live and learn

05-22-2009, 03:41 PM	#16 (permalink)
92mroneil No Skills Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: pittsburgh Posts: 43 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	dose anyone no how to connect the boots back up from the axles to the transmission?

05-23-2009, 02:38 AM	#17 (permalink)
328FTW 3vzfe tinkering Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,531 Thanks: 12 Thanked 99 Times in 83 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	You have to buy the metal straps that hold them on if you wrecked them on the way off, a bunch of parts stores stock them to various sizes. Or if you use good quality cable ties (the ones with a metal tab for the ratchet are best) you can use them instead, I use 3 on each boot on my racecar pulled tight with pliers (2 normally is good enough) and they hold better than the metal band, a honda technician showed me that, blew my mind how simple it was

06-16-2009, 10:39 PM	#18 (permalink)
Oteck RAAAGE! Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2,151 Thanks: 8 Thanked 60 Times in 57 Posts Blog Entries: 2 iTrader Rating: (3/100% )	do you still have the axle bit? i need the cage/race whatever inside

06-16-2009, 11:07 PM	#19 (permalink)
PHOENIX Beams Owners Group Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: On Hiatus....... Posts: 7,914 Thanks: 84 Thanked 260 Times in 197 Posts Blog Entries: 1 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (46/100% )	I don't I turned it in for the core charge.