Finally!

[DangerViking]

ordered my front shocks (KYB AGX) and Whiteline swaybar, figured I could knock those out while doing CV boots and bearings. Anyone done CV boots before? how hard is it?
Swaybar should be a ton of fun... have to remove the front propeller shaft from the transmission, and the exhaust too. fun!

[kev]

I've never done an actual cvboot job. When the boots on my nissan were looking weak, I just replaced the entire axle with a remanufactured unit.

It was like $50-80 per axle. The boot kit was like $25.


Wheel bearings...never done them and I don't wanna. I sold my neon cuz i was affraid of the wheel bearings going out. I know the current owner, and the bearings are good but the AC compressor crapped out and the Head blew a plug badly.

[DangerViking]

hmmm... that's actually not a bad option. the boot kits are like $25, and the axle (if I can trust autozone's parts selector anyway) is $70, so that'd probably be a much better idea :) thanks!
I've done bearings once, and it's a right pain in the ass.. take the steering knuckle off, bring it to a machine shop, have them press the old ones out, press the new ones in, then bring it back and install it again. woo hoo :P anybody know any good/cheap machine shops?

[wgnths]

that sounds like fun stuff i dont want to do!! theres a reason all-tracs are rare! :lol: have to take half the car apart to do anything! you'll see such an improvement with that suspension!!! especially on those 80mph corner carving runs :P

[DangerViking]

they're only rare 'cos everyone's too much of a pussy to take their entire car apart just to replace a hose once in a while :P
sooo.. yeah, they could've probably made it a bit more friendly to work on. goddamn quirky cars. Looking forward to the new suspension though. If I submit enough sacrifices to the shipping gods, I should get my stuff sometime this weekend or early next week, so next weekend is gonna be a blast. If you enjoy lots of bitching and moaning and cursing and throwing tools anyway.

I love my AllTrac :)

[yepee]

you would have to drain the trans (duhhh) slip the axle out of the knuckle and the pop it out of the trans, it should be held in by a cir-clip, rip off the bands and pull off the boot, clean everything and re-pack the joint, put on new boot and bands and repeat and repeat and.... make sure the cir-clips are on, oh and you will want to replace the axle seals (on trans) line up axle and tap with a hammer until the cir-clip seats then run it back thru the knuckle etc. It wasnt that bad but I suppose dropping in re-man axles would be a little easier

[DangerViking]

Thanks :) Doesn't sound *too* terrible, but I'm thinking a re-man would be a lot easier considering all the other crap I've gotta do at the same time. Plus then I'll have another halfshaft around in case I ever need it (from what I read, it's the same halfshaft on both sides in front).

[moxie]

I have replaced the front half-shafts on an 87 celica.

Not AWD, but close enough I think.

Yeah, it really isn't that bad but for the extra money it's almost worth getting the whole shaft. :)

[wgnths]

you said shaft......

[yepee]

Thanks :) Doesn't sound *too* terrible, but I'm thinking a re-man would be a lot easier considering all the other crap I've gotta do at the same time. Plus then I'll have another halfshaft around in case I ever need it (from what I read, it's the same halfshaft on both sides in front).
most places want your old axles back so they can rebuild them, not sure what the core charges run

[DangerViking]

Blah, you're right. Was hoping the core wouldn't be too much and could just keep it, but I just checked, and at $45 I may as well just buy another remanufacured one if I end up needing it someday. Damn the man!

[moxie]

you said shaft......

hehe.. shaft...

Damn the man!