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CV axles from HELL. Need help putting it back together.
Oh
my
God...
This has been THE WORST repair I've ever done on a car.
So, I needed to replace the CV axles on my Camry, I thought it would be a piece of cake.
Got the driver's side out just fine, got the new one in just fine.
spent probably a combined 14 hours trying to get the passenger side out, the intermediate/carrier bearing had frozen in the housing, tried pounding it, tired heating it, tried pushing it out with a hydraulic ram (the shaft seperated from the bearing, so the axle was out, the bearing was STILL stuck inside it's housing). Finally spent 2 hours with a dremmel tool and a cutoff disk and I ground the bearing down and took it out in 100 tiny pieces.
Here's my question, now that I have the 2 new Axles in, how the hell do I get the hubs back in place to reconnect the control arms? I tried jacking the hubs, but without the control arms in place the hubs just move to the side and not up in a position where I can reattach the control arm.
What have people done to get the control arms re-attached?
thanks.
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'96 Toyota Camry DE 2.2L '02 Saab 9-5 AERO ~STAGE 2~ (280hp/325trq) '95 Saab 900SE Turbo Convertible
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