i have a 95 accord 4 cylinder. my front cv joints are clicking and clanking really bad every time a turn. i want to replace them my self, i was wondering if anyone knew what the steps were for replacing them? please help!

 

in a nutshell

loosen lugs
use breaker bar or impact wrench to remove wheel nut
raise front up
support on jack stands
remove wheel
remove lower ball joint from spindle
rotate wheel out
remove axle from wheel
remove axle from trans

reverse to install and then do the other side

 

^^ exactly how you should do it

I personally don't like messing with balljoints, so I use a BFH and pop the upper control arm free and do some wiggling.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by YeuEmMaiMai &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">in a nutshell

loosen lugs
use breaker bar or impact wrench to remove wheel nut
raise front up
support on jack stands
remove wheel
remove lower ball joint from spindle
remove the 17mm castle nut from the lca and remove the 17mm bolt for the strut fork, and the 14?mm bolt at the top holding it to the strut
rotate wheel out
lift upwards from the balljoint - I used a ratchet to pry/pop it up since it was stuck
remove axle from wheel
you may have to pry the one from the tranny, mine broke in 2 pieces so I used a screwdriver to pop the tranny one out
remove axle from trans
maneuver it through the fork and around all the crap down there
reverse to install and then do the other side</TD></TR></TABLE>

Also note that they sometimes don't want to go in all the way into the tranny, I pushed the outside boot into the bearing then pushed hard as hell and it slid all the way in.

 

I just use a big deadblow with plastic ends to pop the tranny side in =\

 

i dont mean to threadjack but i was changing the axle on my accord and inside the boot the little ***** keep like popping out of the holds there posta be in? its almost like the axle is too short but i compared it side by side with the old one and there identical. any ideas?????