I've never done this, and shop cost are killing me... what tools are needed and how difficult is doing this? I gotta do both my right and left cv axle

 

Its easy. I can take both axels out in about 45 minutes. All you need are basic tools like a socket wrench. I would also suggest getting the "Giant Gear Puller" from Sears as your axels will probably rusted in the knuckles and no amount of banging is going to get them out, the gear puller can pop them out. All you really have to remove is the wheels, strut fork, sway bar endlinks, and LCA from the subframe and then pull out the axel, I use a picklefork (ball joint seperator) to pop the axels out of the tranny. All in all very easy things to do.

http://www.fourthgenhatch.com/axle.html

 

I'm doing this tomorrow, thanks for that helpful link

 

Note: When I took my axels out the other day I got them out without having to unbolt the radius rods, so that is one less step.

 

seems a little hard with the lack of tools I have and the lack of car knowledge... gotta pay the extra for a shop to do it

is there any reason these keep on tearing? this is 3 in 2 months, this is exactly why FWD sucks hard not to mention the other reasons