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tech q! Posted By: fbodys_own On: 07-02-2009 @ 13:07:46 Reply | Edit background: 96 mazda protege, cv joint needs replaced. solution: replace transaxle. easiest and quickest way, correct? my main question is, are there any special tools needed for this job? i know this isn't a walk in the park, but this is a pretty easy undertaking isn't it? i was pretty confident about this until somebody had to chime in and say that "on the mazda cars it's a tough job and requires special tools." i'm assuming they aren't talking about metrics when they say "special tools." anyway, as usual, any input is appreciated. x's and o's --  Posted By: Green97TAMachine On: 07-02-2009 @ 16:49:21 Reply | Top | Edit Just a good set of tools is all you need. Nothing special that I'm aware of. -- 
1997 Mystic Teal Trans Am Best Time: 13.984@102.99Mph  Posted By: Pocket On: 07-02-2009 @ 17:26:06 Reply | Top | Edit Nothing really difficult to it. Hardest part will be breaking the axle nut loose. An impact gun will make short work of it, but you will likely snap breaker bars before it comes free CV grease is green and stinky. It gets everywhere FYI, transaxle is the whole transmission unit Halfshafts/axle shafts are what you're replacing Posted By: fbodys_own On: 07-03-2009 @ 08:06:32 Reply | Top | Edit thanks for clarification. lol, i realized i was wrong once i got the box and it said "CV axle" or some shit. felt kinda like an ass because i had been calling it transaxle everywhere i went.. oh well lol, not my forte. yeah lol i found out last night that a breaker bar stood no chance. funny thing, tried out 3 different impacts and they didn't even budge it. buddy has a 1'' i was going to try, but said screw it. i think i'll just take it to a shop and have them break the nut loose and come home and change the damn thing. quick and simple. happen to know what they torque them things down to? also, why? i know safety is an issue, but really where is it going to go? -- Posted By: Pocket On: 07-03-2009 @ 10:39:03 Reply | Top | Edit Standard torque wrench. Im not sure of the specs for a mazda. Except alot To lock the nut, it should have a small groove in the threads of the shaft. Use a hammer and punch to bend a section of the thin lip of the nut into groove I swapped the axle on my buddy's honda. I cant remember why but we did. I got a jack handle for a breaker bar thinking surely itll move it. Broke a 1/2 ratchet, and my breaker bar. Advance sold much longer prettier breaker bars so I got one of those. I broke it and the rest of advance's breaker bars since they have lifetime warranty and I kept switching them out thinking I was getting somewhere. Eventually I said F'it and removed the entire suspension for the corner and threw it in the trunk Posted By: GOATS2QUICK On: 07-03-2009 @ 10:51:11 Reply | Top | Edit i got a big ass box end wrench, breaks em loose everytime.(well, with me standing on it, bouncin up an down.)  --  Posted By: dragonz28 On: 07-03-2009 @ 11:04:20 Reply | Top | Edit Get some PB blaster, small propane torch, and heat the CV axle (not the hub axle goes through). If that doesn't loosen it, then a 3/4 or 1 inch impact gun will be needed, usually my 1/2 impact can handle the job. Granted I use a Mac impact gun with 700ft lbs of reverse torque. Also I'm not sure how most of ya'll use your impacts but ya'll do realize that just holding trigger down does not give you full torque. You get the most torque when u first pull trigger so its best to use quick pulls like firing a handgun. That tip was from my Snap-on dealer and I didn't believe him till I tried it. The torque will be in the 200 ft lbs area. Whatever u do, dont just impact the nut till the socket won't turn anymore as it can cause bearing damage. I have seen this done a lot of times and for the most part it does get the job done but I know that isn't the correct procedure. -- 94Z 12.993@102.11 1.72 60' Vig3200, 3.73s, PS Longtubes TDs, H-pipe, bullets dumped and a Madztune. 
Posted By: fbodys_own On: 07-04-2009 @ 14:02:53 Reply | Top | Edit got it loose finally, but the damn original axle separated from the inner CV housing and that housing is still in the transmission. all of which would have been kind of normal i guess, but i can not get that end out of the transmission. i've tried everything without any luck. i tried prying it out, using a come-along to pull it out, come-along while prying on it, hooking a chain to it and snapping it hoping to yank it out... nothing. any ideas on wtf could be causing this and how i can get this damn thing out? i really need to get this thing fixed asap. -- Posted By: dragonz28 On: 07-04-2009 @ 19:45:01 Reply | Top | Edit Take out other side cv axle and then use a long ext to beat it out, but dont tear up the other one getting it out. It's what we have done at the shop before. The clip on the end of the shaft is being stubborn. Did u try using 2 pry bars at the same time on both sides of the shaft? If not try that 1st. -- 94Z 12.993@102.11 1.72 60' Vig3200, 3.73s, PS Longtubes TDs, H-pipe, bullets dumped and a Madztune.
Posted By: fbodys_own On: 07-05-2009 @ 00:43:37 Reply | Top | Edit is there anything that can be damaged by extending a rod through the transmission like that? -- Posted By: dragonz28 On: 07-06-2009 @ 10:28:23 Reply | Top | Edit No, since the end of the CV axle is splined and there shouldn't be anything in the way. But as always, you should shine a light in there and make sure nothing can be damaged. I am almost 100% nothing is in the way. -- 94Z 12.993@102.11 1.72 60' Vig3200, 3.73s, PS Longtubes TDs, H-pipe, bullets dumped and a Madztune.
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