The tool for the axles?

[camryfour]

Hey whats the tool called to take off the driver side axle from the transmission on an A140E. I have taken it off before and put it back on, it was just hell. Chilton says "fork" type tool. What's it called?

[ghettosled]

pickle fork, perhaps?
typically used for separating ball joints.

[foompla]

oh, i know what your talking about. its a tool that goes around the axle so you can hit it uot. i just use a prybar and tap it out with a hammer.

[marc780]

Slide hammer. harbor freight has some of these cheap.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=5469

[foompla]

its NOT a SLIDE hammer. dont use a slide hammer.

[-SCWEET1-]

Use the fork and Tap the top with a mallet.

[tracyf]

My wife's 1990 V6 Camry required no tool - I just removed 6 bolts from the inner side of the CV axle where it joined onto a kind of fixed axle coming out of the transmission - but use caution if yours is that way - the inner end is open and you can accidentally lose components if you squeeze it wrong.

[marc780]

Foompla, i tried everything when changing the axle on my old 93 Sentra. It wouldnt come out with two pry bars, pickle fork, and even banging and beating the end through the hole. Slidehammer is a last resort...BUT you may need it if the drive axle is really really stuck!
Besides, the old one is only core anyway. I say, just dont leave incriminating marks!