1996 Oldsmobile Aurora C.V. Axles

1996 OLDSMOBILE AURORA
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1996 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Front Wheel Drive Automatic

How do you take off the C.V. axle of the front driver side and the pasenger side?
Sep 23, 2008 at 4:35 PM
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You'll need a socket large enough to remove the axle nut, and a tool to break the ball joint free. Then just pull the strut rotor and all outward until the cv-joint clears the knuckle, I would change the whole shaft, Reanufactured axles are pretty cheap, and it's quicker and easier than messing with seperating the old joint! Use a bucket under the inner joint to catch any tranny fluid that might leak out! If you have trouble with the inboard joint, use to large flat blade screwdrivers, or prybars and pop it out of the differential...
Change them one at a time, or you may loose the side gears in the differential.
Sep 23, 2008 at 4:41 PM