front cv removal

[barrylee66]

I bought a 86 and am in the process of installing a rough country 4 inch lift kit. the front cv axles were shot. how do I remove them from the hub end ? do they just pull out or do i have to remove the locking part of the hub.

 

[fourwd1]

Once you remove the manual locking hub and partially dis-assemble the knuckle the axle shafts pull out.

 

[GonOvr]

You have to remove the hub, there is a bolt and washer that keeps the hub end of the CV in place.

my ninja skills prevail

 

[barrylee66]

sorry I meant 86 it has irs and cv axles

 

[Hyde802]

You mean iFs, and yes, they were talking about CV axles too.

Download the a factory service manual, its free in the sticky on at the top of the classics forum, and can tell you how to do all that stuff.

And welcome to the forum!

 

[4Running90]

haha I just did the inner and outter cv boots on both axles, not a fun task. In your case your just replacing the whole axle. The cv boot job was the pain, not removing the axles. Good luck!

 

[helo-mech]

I bought a 86 and am in the process of installing a rough country 4 inch lift kit. the front cv axles were shot. how do I remove them from the hub end ? do they just pull out or do i have to remove the locking part of the hub.

I remember the first couple of times I was looking for help on forums (Broncos and other toys), so I'll see if I can help you out a little. First as mentioned, grab that .pdf out of the "Sticky" (one of the top post in this forum) and read through starting on page FA-55. Haynes manual on it is pretty good too.

Then, tear in. Tires off, locking hubs including 12mm axle bolt off, loosen/remove axle nuts from diff (either hold brake or wedge in place with 2x4) then axle snap ring and spacer off. At this point you will have to see how lucky you are. Some are able to remove it by pushing the axle through the spindle while pulling down on the axle at the differential and sometimes you will need to loosen/disconnect the steering knuckle (spindle) from the upper and or lower arms.

As you are reading through the Service Manual or the Haynes, you will prob run across some other maint. issues you would like to knock out while you are in there.

Another tip I only learned about a month ago, from this site, is searching a specific site via Google. You can type site yotatech.com: cv axles and see threads that others have posted with info. Try it with T4R and others for countless threads. This seems to help me a lot more than searching with the actual sites search function.

I'm new here myself but, welcome to the site. Hope this helps and have fun.

 

[KidVermicious]

Everything helo-mech said. Also, the FSM will tell you that you once you've removed the nuts holding the CV to the axle flange, you can slide the CV outboard, lower it to clear the studs, and then pull it out of the spindle.

The FSM is full of it.

If it doesn't work (actually, sometimes it does, but it didn't for me and I'm bitter about it ), you've got a couple options. You can remove the lower ball joint and pull the spindle outboard to make clearance, or you can pop the camber adjusting nuts to accomplish the same thing, or you can take a 4lb persuader to the studs on the axle flange and remove enough of them that the CV will slide past the others.

Whatever you choose to do, I strongly suggest that once the CVs are out, you also pull the axle shafts from the differential, pound all those studs out, and either grind the splines off and reinstall them or replace them with grade 8 bolts. It'll make your next CV change so much easier...

 

[barrylee66]

ok thanks I think the snap ring is what I need to remove. and obviously I have to remove the hubs to get to that. the whole front end is apart. I am replacing ball joints and control arm bushings so the spindle hub rotor units are on the ground. the front diff is out also. as I am installing a ruogh country 4 inch lift kit now as well. thanks for the help. also I downloaded the manual for reference