# Axle/CV Joint troubles...any suggestions? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [February 13, 2011, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/axle-cv-joint-troubles-any-suggestions/209137 "2011-02-13T12:00:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 5:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/axle-cv-joint-troubles-any-suggestions/209137/21 "2011-02-14T05:43:45Z")
> [@9ONA3OOZX"](#): > > I’ve soaked it overnight in PB blaster, still nothing. > Any tricks besides hitting it with a torch that someone could share? > [@97FormulaWS-6](#): > > Did you PB Blast this first and let it soak before you messed with a breaker bar? Or heat it up? Or both? > > That much corrosion, and you’re gonna need more than just brute force. > > And what most people said is dead on. These are torqued to like almost 200ft-lbs most times, and should require either a impact or jack handle on a ratchet and standing on it to get it off. . ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/axle-cv-joint-troubles-any-suggestions/209137/22 "2011-02-14T05:50:36Z")
![http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3x13p8DsVQ0/TG4hhacK65I/AAAAAAAABn4/EaEijFGkyYA/s1600/Planet04.jpg](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3x13p8DsVQ0/TG4hhacK65I/AAAAAAAABn4/EaEijFGkyYA/s1600/Planet04.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/axle-cv-joint-troubles-any-suggestions/209137/23 "2011-02-14T05:54:01Z")
I highly doubt its rusted on. You just need to use better quality tools. ---
**Author:** ![Deathproof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@Deathproof](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Deathproof)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/axle-cv-joint-troubles-any-suggestions/209137/24 "2011-02-14T10:59:24Z")
Shoulda went to harbor freight, they have real cheap 3/4" and 1" sets of big sockets. Or pony up for a compressor, makes life so much easier. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/axle-cv-joint-troubles-any-suggestions/209137/25 "2011-02-14T11:05:32Z")
you definitely hammered out the tab on the nut before you did this right? I know it’s a stupid question to some, but I thought I had it hammered out well enough once and went through the same thing. Went back and hammered it out a little more and it came right off. ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/axle-cv-joint-troubles-any-suggestions/209137/26 "2011-02-14T11:28:14Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > you definitely hammered out the tab on the nut before you did this right? I know it’s a stupid question to some, but I thought I had it hammered out well enough once and went through the same thing. Went back and hammered it out a little more and it came right off. You mean like the cotter pin? There wasn’t one there from what I remember, although to be honest I didn’t look to closely, I just brought the extension bar and watched Andy break a couple tools… ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/axle-cv-joint-troubles-any-suggestions/209137/27 "2011-02-14T11:32:15Z")
> [@91MR2](#): > > You mean like the cotter pin? There wasn’t one there from what I remember, although to be honest I didn’t look to closely, I just brought the extension bar and watched Andy break a couple tools… No, the nut itself is usually hammered in on the edge into a groove that is notched out on the threads ![http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac42/wax_hands/IMG_1926.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/b/1/b1320c5d0cc253fe2a61ab2c9e099063432f452b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/axle-cv-joint-troubles-any-suggestions/209137/28 "2011-02-14T11:33:23Z")
Not a cotter pin. On many axle nuts there is a groove on the axle end and then a received on the nut that once in place gets bent in to secure it. ---
**Author:** ![9ONA3OOZX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9ona3oozx/32/7242_2.png) [@9ONA3OOZX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9ONA3OOZX)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/axle-cv-joint-troubles-any-suggestions/209137/29 "2011-02-14T16:00:05Z")
Yup definitely hammered it out and then some…sears got it done, though they had a hell of a time with it too. Oh well…I prefer doing my own work, but on occasion not having to deal with the frustration is worth a hundred bucks or so… ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/axle-cv-joint-troubles-any-suggestions/209137/30 "2011-02-14T19:13:30Z")
yeah, for 200 bucks it’s not worth buying 10 different breaker bars and the hours of frustration :tup: ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/axle-cv-joint-troubles-any-suggestions/209137/31 "2011-02-14T21:06:16Z")
> [@9ONA3OOZX](#): > > Yup definitely hammered it out and then some…sears got it done, though they had a hell of a time with it too. Oh well…I prefer doing my own work, but on occasion not having to deal with the frustration is worth a hundred bucks or so… That’s what I thought…glad it worked out. ---
**Author:** ![Final\_GTS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/final_gts/32/7359_2.png) [@Final\_GTS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Final_GTS)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/axle-cv-joint-troubles-any-suggestions/209137/32 "2011-02-14T21:25:07Z")
> [@9ONA3OOZX](#): > > God forbid someplace that charges $80+/hour for labor and still finds need to charge a markup on parts gets slightly taken advantage from time to time lol. No offense… but anyone who thinks it is anywhere near cheap for a shop to operate has another thing coming. Between paying the tech, the tools, rent, utilities, insurance, and all of the NYS and federal business related bullshit in general… there is NOTHING of that 80+ left by the time you are done. ---
**Author:** ![LXIFLYBY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lxiflyby/32/7399_2.png) [@LXIFLYBY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LXIFLYBY)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/axle-cv-joint-troubles-any-suggestions/209137/33 "2011-02-15T19:45:54Z")
If it really was that bad to get off, I would have taken a small dremel or die grinder with a small carbide bit and cut thru the nut where the detent is on the cv joint itself, then taken a chisel and hammer and opened it up enough to pop it off. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/axle-cv-joint-troubles-any-suggestions/209137.md?page=1)