Driveaxle Removal - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

gcs118 · 06-30-2003, 01:04 PM

Any ideas? Spent a couple hours trying to get them off, but to no avail. The car is jacked up, driveaxle nut and wheels are off, took disc brake off on one side. What do I do now? ANY help is appreciated, thank you VERY much guys and gals.

PS: '92 Camry LE

gcs118 · 06-30-2003, 03:06 PM

Bump

Nick · 06-30-2003, 03:08 PM

i'll go have a look in my haynes manual

which side?

Nick · 06-30-2003, 03:19 PM

if removing left drive axle on 5s-fe model, carefully pry the inner cv joint out of the transaxle

if removing the right driveaxle on any model, remove the center bearing lock bolt, remove the snap ring, grasp the intermediate shaft and pull the splined inner end of the shaft out of the differential side gear

there's also references to pictures but i didn't bother typing those out

the book is about 30$ cdn at your local parts store, its s good investment, pays itself off the first thing you do

now ive never done this on my camry, so i can't give any personal experience on this

gcs118 · 06-30-2003, 06:23 PM

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Originally posted by Oldman
if removing left drive axle on 5s-fe model, carefully pry the inner cv joint out of the transaxle

if removing the right driveaxle on any model, remove the center bearing lock bolt, remove the snap ring, grasp the intermediate shaft and pull the splined inner end of the shaft out of the differential side gear

there's also references to pictures but i didn't bother typing those out

the book is about 30$ cdn at your local parts store, its s good investment, pays itself off the first thing you do

now ive never done this on my camry, so i can't give any personal experience on this

I appreciate your help. I do have a Haynes manual, but it does not seem like their directions are correct. It shows them simply removing the steering knuckle, I believe, right out of the hub like there's nothing to it. Mine just won't budge more than a half inch or so. Would you just say I should try to pull the shafts out of the transaxle ?

Nick · 06-30-2003, 06:32 PM

well i'd try to work it out, in, out, rotate repeat

gcs118 · 06-30-2003, 06:48 PM

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Originally posted by Oldman
well i'd try to work it out, in, out, rotate repeat

Alright, I think I will give it another shot some other day. Thanks for the advice.

2drcam · 06-30-2003, 08:59 PM

you have to remove the snap ring (which is a bitch) then use a crobar, put it between the tranny and the cv axle and pry off...

that should work.

88 LE · 07-01-2003, 02:18 AM

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Originally posted by gcs118
It shows them simply removing the steering knuckle, I believe, right out of the hub like there's nothing to it.

1. Remove the 30mm nut holding the axle to the hub.

2. Unbolt the knuckle from the strut and seperate the 2. Also unbolt the ABS line and move it out of the way if you have ABS.

3. Remove axle from knuckle.

To remove the drivers side axle from the differential you have to pry it out.

On the passenger side you have to remove the snap ring on the center bearing.

gcs118 · 07-01-2003, 10:58 AM

Snap ring...man I HATE snap rings. haha. So where exactly is this snap ring? My Haynes manual never mentions a snap ring, but you say center bearing? Any more specific? Dirt, grease and crap is covering everything down there, my tranny leaked everything out. But if I understand correctly, on the driver side, I unbolt the bolts on the transaxle itself and then pry it off? Thanks for the help guys.

88 LE · 07-01-2003, 12:43 PM

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Originally posted by gcs118
Snap ring...man I HATE snap rings. haha. So where exactly is this snap ring? My Haynes manual never mentions a snap ring, but you say center bearing? Any more specific?

The snap ring is not that bad to take off. Just take a big pair of needle nose pliers to it.

Its on the right side of the center bearing. Theres only one center bearing and its on the passenger side. The axle goes from the wheel to the center bearing, then continues from the center bearing into the differential.

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But if I understand correctly, on the driver side, I unbolt the bolts on the transaxle itself and then pry it off?

No, you don't unbolt anything. The drivers side axle pops into the differential. Just pry against the axle and it'll come out.

gcs118 · 07-02-2003, 04:04 PM

UPDATE:

Today I removed both of the half-shafts from the car finally! I had almost removed the ends from the hubs by prying, but they just wouldn't budge. What I had to do on both sides was unbolt the caliper, tie it out of the way, and then unbolt the 2 bolts/nuts holding the entire assembly to the strut. Make sure the assembly is supported however, if you do this. From here, the shafts simply pulled apart at the rubber boots on the transaxle (left) and in the middle (right). I believe I will just need 2 new metal sealing rings and some more grease when I put it back together. The shaft in between the transaxle and the hub shaft (intermediate shaft?) on the right side does not have to be removed I found out. The snap ring stays in place! It is under the engine/tranny, and seeing as how I am pulling both, it can stay right where it is. Overall, removing them really wasn't that bad, just took some figuring out. Thanks for all the help guys, just letting you know how things went. Sorry about the single, long paragraph

EDIT : If you are doing this properly, you would be marking the position of the struts and shafts, etc. so they would perfectly fit back together.

ironworker220 · 08-02-2003, 12:53 PM

I had to use a strap & a come-along to pull the drivers side out, it was easy to put a new one in there, it just poped in. I put everything back together and swore everything was perfect, but when I took it for a test drive it started making this scraping noise, it sounded just like when your brakes are really shot-out. This just happened yesterday, what do you think it is. I bought aftermarket driveshafts, they didn't come with the dust covers at the ends, so I used the ones from the old parts.That's my best guess, that it's that dust cover that's rubbing. I followed Chiltons instruction, it didn't tell me to put anykind of all-porpose grease or anything like that, I just put some gear oil on the end so that they would slide in easier. Can somebody else give me a better reason or what I did wrong??

88 LE · 08-02-2003, 01:04 PM

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Originally posted by ironworker220
I followed Chiltons instruction, it didn't tell me to put anykind of all-porpose grease or anything like that, I just put some gear oil on the end so that they would slide in easier. Can somebody else give me a better reason or what I did wrong??

Did you put grease on the joints before you put the cv boot on?

ironworker220 · 08-02-2003, 01:21 PM

I didn't replace the cv boot, I replaced the whole shaft & it came with boots already on them, the dust covers that I was talking about earlier are metal-plate looking things that were at the ends of the original ones.