Tried to do my drivers side axle u joint on my own today. Would have been simple except for the fact that out of the three bolts on the back side of the assembly, 2 are completely stripped out and yes i was using a 13mm 12pt socket. cant get them out for the life of me. so then to make matters worse i decided to button her back up and i over torqued the upper brake caliper bolt and snapped that off! Drives fine for now, but I'm not sure what the next step is. Drilling all of them out would be ridiculous, and then trying to tap them would be even more of a headache. I guess I'm going to have to replace that whole piece??? Anyone good at this stuff (drilling and tapping)that wants to give it a shot with me some time next week? SIGHHHHHH
You might want to pull it apart at the ball joints and gets some parts from reg. You don't want to mess with steering and braking for safety reasons.
Quote from: kirksjeep on May 01, 2010, 12:20:18 AMYou might want to pull it apart at the ball joints and gets some parts from reg. You don't want to mess with steering and braking for safety reasons.if i pull the upper and lower ball joints and the tie rod can i still pull the shaft out? I thought about it but it didn't look promising. REG, are you in the area?Rock, i tried the 1/2 inch, and everything else i could cram on there, they are totally shot.Rocket I may take you up on that, i'll let you know
Correct me if I'm wrong, but those 3 bolt that you are talking about pass through the knuckle and only thread into the wheel bearing units. That is why rock mentioned grinding the heads of the bolts off. Once you did that you would be able to pull the entire hub assembly out. I think you need a new wheel bearing more than you're going to need a knuckle.