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CV Joint, What size socket???
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 10:54 pm
by Grant
Well I found out what happened to my car and why I've been getting the clicking sound.
Check out
http://www.hugheshometheater.com/Photos ... Doh2LR.JPG
and
http://www.hugheshometheater.com/Photos/Rally/DohLR.JPG
This was courtesy of my rally cross and 60 miles worth of dirt roads that were pretty rough at times. Lost one of my corner lights courtesy of the roughness and looks like a CV joint too.
http://www.hugheshometheater.com/rally.html
For pictures of the road, the drive, and the blown cv. Also notice my sway bar endlinks are kind of screwed up too.
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 11:00 pm
by mTk
Your wheel bearing is probably ok, but you will need to replace the cv joint (usually just replacing the whole axle).
I just noticed the same boot on mine broke , i've replaced the boot alone before, but i'm in need of a new joint this time too.
MK
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 3:15 am
by entirelyturbo
Get new axles from
www.cvaxles.com. They're probably the best axle builders in the country... read my review in the Reviews forum...
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 3:34 am
by ciper
Dont say UhOh! I thought it was something bad.
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:34 pm
by magicmike
I've owned two 87 gl's since I was 16. I lost count on how many axles I did. I think I can swap an axle in about 20 minutes. With the lifetime replacement garuntee that the parts store gave me I made out ok.
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 3:28 am
by Grant
Come out to Colorado and change mine for me.
The hard part for me is finding the time to do it. I work two jobs and am a senior in college (Mathematics) so don't have really any spare time. Thankfully there is a holiday this weekend and I have Monday off. Good timing huh.
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 5:52 pm
by Grant
What size socket do you need for the axle nut. I meant to bring it with me so I could go and pick one up after work today and forgot it and want to start on it tomorrow morning early. Thanks
Grant
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 6:38 pm
by entirelyturbo
It's a 1 1/4" nut...
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 7:05 pm
by vrg3
1 1/4"? Are you sure it's not 32mm?
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 7:33 pm
by entirelyturbo
Is it? I've always used 1 1/4" without stripping anything...
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 1:23 am
by Grant
32 it is. Thanks for the help.
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 5:41 pm
by Grant
Actually the 32mm kept slipping of. I ended up having to go to Autozone and get a 1 1/4" driver and some PB Blaster and it worked much better. Still took quite a bit of jumping on the wrench to break it loose. Other than that the change went really well. Everything came apart pretty easily. Took me about 2.5 hrs. including my run to Autozone and a few wrong steps. Next time I think it should take me about 30-40 minutes now that I know the best way to go about it. The first time always takes so much longer I've always found. Thanks everybody for all the help.
Grant
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 6:14 pm
by georryan
Did you use a torque wrench to put that 1-1/4 in nut back on? If not go get it tightened to spec. Once i thought I could guess it in my gl-10. A year later I spent close to 500 bucks paying for another wheel bearing and a new hub along with a labor for a guy to get it all done right.
It wasn't the outside nut that was loose, but an internal nut in the hub, but still, if I had a torque wrench it would have saved me a lot of grief.
-Ryan
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2003 4:04 am
by Grant
No I don't have a torque wrench yet. I didn't indent it yet though and am going to stop by the Subaru dealership I used to work at and borrow a wrench and set it to spec. Next up: Struts wooohhaaa
