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Thread: CV axles from HELL. Need help putting it back together.

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12-31-2008, 03:09 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by new echo owner

You will have a better chance of using a pry bar or tire iron to pry the control arm down than to mess around with lifting the strut. Remember that strut supports more than one quarter of the vehicles weight. Stick the pry bar between the control arm and cradle and push down on it.

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Thats what we ended up doing and we got everything back together! Just road tested the car and its good as new!

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