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

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  • @JamesBrown-xn5zw
    @JamesBrown-xn5zw 9 років тому +4

    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!!!

  • @frostdroid
    @frostdroid 6 років тому +1

    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!!!

  • @mrhexter
    @mrhexter 6 років тому +4

    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!

  • @mikegleghorn5437
    @mikegleghorn5437 7 років тому +1

    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.

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  7 років тому +1

      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!

  • @kwash317
    @kwash317 5 років тому

    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.

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  5 років тому

      Awesome bro glad to hear you found success. Nothing like a little youtube and diy engineering to get the job done!

  • @martinrifkin295
    @martinrifkin295 8 років тому +1

    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.

  • @tedfudjinski9621
    @tedfudjinski9621 7 років тому +2

    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.

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  7 років тому

      Ted Fudjinski Awesome I'm glad to hear it worked.

  • @MrBroccori
    @MrBroccori 8 років тому +2

    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!!!

  • @ginder77
    @ginder77 7 років тому +1

    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!

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  7 років тому

      ginder77 awesome man! So glad it helped!

  • @charleschrisp2009
    @charleschrisp2009 7 років тому +1

    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

  • @tgenterprises81
    @tgenterprises81 8 років тому

    I tried getting my drivers side CV axle out of my car that I had tapped
    in with a maul. I tried for many hours with crobars and stanley super
    wonder bar (the CV tool that attaches to the slide hammer wouldn't fit
    all the way around it). THIS WORKED WITH NO EFFORT AT ALL! I was
    skeptical it would come out with this invention because of how hard I
    tried with other methods, but I pulled it once with about 20% of my
    might and it came out the first try! It even pulled out the whole inner
    axle from the other side, it was stuck so hard. At that point I held
    the axle with one hand and kept hitting the stuck CV end away from the
    axle and after hitting it and rotating it slowly in circles (about 10
    or 20 revolutions) it finally disconnected from the shaft! Make sure
    that your replacement part looks EXACTLY like the old one. My new
    replacement that got stuck was just a solid -looking cylinder instead of
    one with indents all around. It was .002" too large for the gears.

    • @tgenterprises81
      @tgenterprises81 8 років тому

      I used the Milwaukee brand because the other wasn't available at Home Depot but it was still a 7/16"x14 thread and then I had to go to Menards for the nuts because our Home Depot doesn't carry 7/16" anything except the threaded rod.

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  8 років тому

      So glad it worked for you! GJ

  • @williamcash1890
    @williamcash1890 5 років тому +1

    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

  • @willdabeastindy
    @willdabeastindy 7 років тому +1

    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.

  • @cu2983
    @cu2983 9 років тому +1

    I am trying this tomorrow evening. Good idea.

  • @DavidBruceAllen1
    @DavidBruceAllen1 7 років тому

    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

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  7 років тому

      DavidBruce Allen Awesome Man!

  • @bnbauto8495
    @bnbauto8495 8 років тому +1

    Thank you soo much was working on this cv joint for hours your awesome dude

  • @17oyster
    @17oyster 6 років тому +1

    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!!

  • @QueenBeeneena
    @QueenBeeneena 5 місяців тому

    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

  • @dwaniac1056
    @dwaniac1056 8 років тому +9

    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.

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  8 років тому

      Lol had me rolling with the baby shaq trying to get it off. I'm glad it worked for you.

  • @donnacurnutt1441
    @donnacurnutt1441 7 років тому

    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!

    • @donnacurnutt1441
      @donnacurnutt1441 7 років тому +1

      It worked! Thank you for the great idea! But instead of using duct tape my husband used a hose cramp and it worked great!

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  7 років тому +1

      Good Luck!

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  7 років тому +1

      Awesome!

  • @Mr.G_Rattlesnake
    @Mr.G_Rattlesnake 2 роки тому

    Today I used pliers as a wedge between the CV axle casing and the axel shaft on the passenger side, used a 5 gallon bucket to balance the weight of a 2x4 about 6 feet long, one side of the 2x4 was pressed up against the pliers handle holding them in place and I smacked the other side of the 2x4 with a 30lbs dumbell and knocked that CV axel right out. He is very right! Pulling force will not pull it out, I ratchett strapped one side to CV joint and the other side to a near by street light post cemented into concrete and that thing did not budge! These ratchett straps have bent solid steel in past adventures. But I read a form saying shock force knocks them out with about 10-15lbs of weight. I instantly thought of the contraption I mentioned and wacked it with double the weight and it popped out first try. Good luck to you and whatever you come up with. Desperation is the mother of creation. Good luck

  • @infiniteuniverse123
    @infiniteuniverse123 3 роки тому

    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

  • @couchrider6228
    @couchrider6228 2 роки тому

    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.

  • @maxv8700
    @maxv8700 5 років тому

    This video saved my life thank you so much for sharing your wisdom 10 out of 10 would recommend

  • @headstrong6523
    @headstrong6523 5 років тому +1

    This looks genius!

  • @michaelnelson2951
    @michaelnelson2951 4 роки тому

    Clear genius, thanks Mike.

  • @wesleyskeen4065
    @wesleyskeen4065 7 років тому

    Works like a champ. Thank you sir!!

  • @jasonwong8934
    @jasonwong8934 7 років тому +2

    that rod is the made of zinc. it's steel coated in zinc for a little corrosion resistance.

    • @artvandilay993
      @artvandilay993 5 років тому

      The rod is made out of Steel coated with a thin layer of zinc. It's a steel rod

  • @Ritalie
    @Ritalie 8 років тому +1

    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.

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  8 років тому

      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.

    • @Ritalie
      @Ritalie 8 років тому

      Perfect I actually hadn't considered removing the metal band. Thank you!

  • @bobbofly
    @bobbofly 4 роки тому +1

    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. ;)

  • @Sonic-sh2vh
    @Sonic-sh2vh 8 років тому +1

    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 !!!

  • @blairguinea1337
    @blairguinea1337 7 років тому +1

    Tganks Marco.................goods job Man

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  7 років тому

      Blair Guinea You are welcome!

  • @kennysenter9752
    @kennysenter9752 7 років тому

    Great video.

  • @kengillcash4624
    @kengillcash4624 Рік тому

    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.

  • @gtube22
    @gtube22 8 років тому

    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.

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  8 років тому

      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.

    • @gtube22
      @gtube22 8 років тому

      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.

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  8 років тому

      +gtube22 Awesome! Glad to hear it worked out for you. Auto Repair can be so frustrating sometimes.

  • @snapmobiledetailing2369
    @snapmobiledetailing2369 6 років тому

    If you ever need auto detailing tips, give me a shout!!!!

  • @apintonut
    @apintonut 8 років тому

    ummmm Oreilly free rental for cv axle works too

  • @yaroshandrian
    @yaroshandrian 8 років тому

    made one for $40. still didn't work. I ended up stripping the teeth on the clamp.

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  8 років тому

      Make sure you purchase a good pair of vice grips. I have made and used several of these and the only times that it doesn't work is when the metal teeth strip on the vice grips. I have found that getting another better pair eventually does the trick.

    • @yaroshandrian
      @yaroshandrian 8 років тому

      +Marco Vazquez I got the best ones that home depot has to offer. I even drilled a hole through the axle and put a bolt through the center and a nut on the other end. attaching the vice grip to the bolt. I pulled for half and hour and all I did was bend the bolt. the bolt was 3\8 in thick.

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  8 років тому

      +Andrian Yarosh Are you striking or pulling? its the shock force that pulls it out. Also try making sure the transmission is in neutral and that with the front end lifted that you can turn the cup(unless you have 4 wheel drive). If not you might have other problems.

  • @steveinindy3890
    @steveinindy3890 6 місяців тому +1

    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.

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  6 місяців тому

      That is the next level of stuckness. I'm glad you got it out!

  • @jeffpoppert8344
    @jeffpoppert8344 6 років тому +2

    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!

  • @grimreaper3972
    @grimreaper3972 3 роки тому +1

    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

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  3 роки тому

      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.

  • @soulkilla24
    @soulkilla24 7 років тому +1

    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 UA-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!!

  • @tartarsauce2601
    @tartarsauce2601 6 років тому +1

    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.

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  6 років тому

      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!

  • @allenwilbanks3395
    @allenwilbanks3395 8 років тому +1

    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

  • @ronaldthestax722
    @ronaldthestax722 7 років тому +5

    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!! 👍👍👍

    • @robertmedina6875
      @robertmedina6875 2 роки тому

      I am glad to see I am not the only one that had trouble! I have been wrenching for 30 years!!

  • @arthurcantrell1954
    @arthurcantrell1954 Рік тому +1

    You made a slide hammer. They sell these on Amazon or any auto store. Slide hammer.

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  Рік тому

      I did with a vice grip on the end 10 years ago this wasnt a common tool that every knew about

  • @stevegroetzinger6532
    @stevegroetzinger6532 3 роки тому

    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....

  • @vegasheat71
    @vegasheat71 Рік тому

    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.

  • @judybirnbaum8117
    @judybirnbaum8117 7 років тому +1

    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!!

    • @judybirnbaum8117
      @judybirnbaum8117 7 років тому +1

      also I used a bearing hub from a Saturn Vue that I recently pulled out for the slide hammer.

  • @peterbloggs8750
    @peterbloggs8750 7 років тому +2

    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.

  • @tmoritz
    @tmoritz 8 років тому +4

    dude thanks for the idea. welded mine up and it worked perfect!!
    i.imgur.com/xaH5EDD.jpg

  • @mdxcellence
    @mdxcellence 6 років тому +2

    I used your idea on my Mercedes and it took one wack and it was out, you saved me a lot of cash! Thanks.

  • @ggem8125
    @ggem8125 6 років тому +1

    Great idea but the rod is called allthread damit

  • @liboriomarquez5202
    @liboriomarquez5202 3 роки тому

    Dam bro s.t.h.🆙 ....gra8 tool you came up with but all that extra talking kills it...j.s

  • @michaeldavis30
    @michaeldavis30 Рік тому +1

    It works I made one

  • @stevesmith6250
    @stevesmith6250 6 років тому +1

    I built this for under $5 and pulled my stuck CV axle in 4 whacks. GREAT vid and idea!

  • @skcoryhpargonrop
    @skcoryhpargonrop 9 років тому +4

    Allthread!! Its all Thread :)

  • @FourthWayRanch
    @FourthWayRanch Рік тому +1

    Did u try the fork / slide hammer CV . tool??

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  Рік тому

      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.

    • @FourthWayRanch
      @FourthWayRanch Рік тому

      @@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
      ua-cam.com/video/ZluQKMtqecE/v-deo.html

  • @nikkimeade8016
    @nikkimeade8016 6 років тому +1

    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!

  • @carlosgavino6874
    @carlosgavino6874 6 років тому +2

    freaken genious man thank you for sharing lets see some future uploads of more ideas

  • @jerryjones2976
    @jerryjones2976 8 років тому +2

    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.

  • @IvanLopez-td1gx
    @IvanLopez-td1gx 3 роки тому +1

    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.

  • @erocrocks
    @erocrocks 5 років тому +1

    Awesome fix for this problem. I used a cheap o mini sledge as my weight, worked like a champ. Thanks for the ideas

  • @mrjjoshua
    @mrjjoshua 5 місяців тому

    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.

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  5 місяців тому

      Fingers crossed! Let me know!

  • @zipzay2037
    @zipzay2037 4 роки тому +1

    Where tf do u get a long screw like that

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  4 роки тому

      @Zaya Hewlett. Its called all thread you can just ask at any hardware store.

  • @dasg5805
    @dasg5805 2 роки тому

    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.

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  2 роки тому

      Let me know Id be interested in finding out the results

  • @InverJaze
    @InverJaze 7 років тому +1

    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.

    • @kennethdandurand3472
      @kennethdandurand3472 2 роки тому

      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.

  • @tamayo1420
    @tamayo1420 3 роки тому +1

    Taking it off without destroying the boot is the real trick . But sometimes you have to get creative and make sacrifices

  • @zyxnix
    @zyxnix 8 років тому +1

    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

  • @bfehrman6778
    @bfehrman6778 6 років тому +1

    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!!

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  6 років тому

      B Fehrman so glad it helped

  • @markdunavant7641
    @markdunavant7641 9 років тому +1

    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!

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  9 років тому +1

      ***** 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.

  • @jorgesuarez1078
    @jorgesuarez1078 8 місяців тому

    Just tie a rope or cable around the inner cup and pull.

  • @jasonmills2397
    @jasonmills2397 7 років тому +2

    literally just put this together and used it now. Came over to the garage computer and had to type a Big THANKS to ya!

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  7 років тому

      Jason Mills awesome! glad it worked!

  • @cruzrfpv8319
    @cruzrfpv8319 6 років тому +1

    Thx a bunch it worked on my 2005 Mazda 6.

  • @manbearpighd
    @manbearpighd 8 років тому +1

    great video helped me fix my first car next video I'd recommend filming with the camera sideways

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  8 років тому

      haha I know it. I actually filmed this on my tablet and I didn't know what I was doing.

  • @ricardoherrera2313
    @ricardoherrera2313 3 роки тому

    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.

  • @Earthstein
    @Earthstein 4 місяці тому

    Did presenter really start by saying " I want to show my little tool " --- Very funny. Excellent video. Thanks

  • @robertr0414
    @robertr0414 8 років тому +1

    I owe you one Marco works like a champ 1 slide and it was out Thanks Again

  • @chaseguinn9740
    @chaseguinn9740 4 роки тому

    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.

  • @mrau92me
    @mrau92me 3 роки тому

    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.

  • @ashimecoye5700
    @ashimecoye5700 4 роки тому +1

    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

  • @Sonic-sh2vh
    @Sonic-sh2vh 8 років тому +1

    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.

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  7 років тому

      Exactly! My first try was with a flat one and it did not work nice call!

  • @spadetrump
    @spadetrump 7 років тому +1

    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!

    • @spadetrump
      @spadetrump 7 років тому

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    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  7 років тому +1

      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.

    • @spadetrump
      @spadetrump 7 років тому

      Marco Vazquez yes. you are correct. i stand corrected. i will Thank You instead of thanking the Cleveland Browns Duct Tape.

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  7 років тому +2

      :D Hey no worries the Cleveland Browns need all the thanks they can get! Lol

  • @harddriverecordingandfilmsNY
    @harddriverecordingandfilmsNY 6 років тому

    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!

  • @MrFerrill
    @MrFerrill 5 років тому

    Nothing severely stuck if it came out with a vise grip bite

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  5 років тому

      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.

  • @baboonbuttz
    @baboonbuttz 7 років тому

    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.

  • @chrisg.6927
    @chrisg.6927 6 років тому

    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.

  • @catatonicbug7522
    @catatonicbug7522 8 років тому

    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!

  • @gravija666
    @gravija666 9 років тому

    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.

  • @jameslewan7026
    @jameslewan7026 8 років тому

    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!

  • @itsame1277
    @itsame1277 8 років тому +1

    Excellent advice! My friend and I have used this technique with great success on not one but three stuck inner CV joints. Many thanks.

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  8 років тому

      No problem man. I am glad that it helped!

  • @c.anderson3444
    @c.anderson3444 4 роки тому

    Hi you can use hammer part from regular slide hammer and heavy duty hose clamp instead of tape. Good idea on using vise grip.

  • @outoftime788
    @outoftime788 2 роки тому

    doesnt work. any other way?

  • @jonesgerard
    @jonesgerard 9 років тому

    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.

  • @candeffect
    @candeffect 5 років тому

    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.

  • @limbslapperone8810
    @limbslapperone8810 5 років тому

    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.

  • @klowny1969
    @klowny1969 7 років тому

    i usually just stick a pry bar on the plunger case and whack it out with a big heavy hammer..comes right off

    • @Ocramman86
      @Ocramman86  7 років тому +3

      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

  • @fleetgoddess21
    @fleetgoddess21 7 років тому

    Hey don't be embarrassed about the jury rig. Whatever works!! Thx for the advice.

  • @diyray352
    @diyray352 5 років тому

    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.

  • @larrymcpherson3875
    @larrymcpherson3875 3 роки тому

    Will that work on a Canam