Replacing Front Left CV Axle

Darksim · Post by **Darksim** » 22 Jan 2017, 20:03

Hello fellow Volvo owners,

So I am in need of a some advice. I cant pop the cv box out of the transmission. Vida says that i need a special pry-bar, Is that necessary? I tried prying it out with a medium sized flat head. Maybe I'm just not getting enough leverage?

I live up in the mountains and this is my only car or else i would go to town to get a better pry-bar. I might end up putting it back together for that reason.

Also my wheel bearing dust cover is cracked in half. Can i just glue it back together for the time being? And i cant turn my wheel bearing by hand, is that normal?

Any advice is much appreciated!

Darksim · Post by **Darksim** » 23 Jan 2017, 00:37

The Axel is out! It only took chipping the transmission case a bit hammering a chisel in between the cv case and the tranny. I tried using a wonder bar and a flat head for hours with no success. The chisel is the answer! and I think the one i had was a bit to small, if i had a bigger one i think it might have "popped" a little easier.

Ha ha if its not one thing it another, when i went to reassemble I pulled the cv joint out of the case..... now because it fell out of the case its too long to pull out of the car and reassemble the way i was doing it (i tried pulling the least amount of part possible) Im going to have to tear apart nearly the whole drivers side suspension so I can put the darn axle back together.

More updates coming, It should be pretty straight forward from here on out, just a matter of taking everything out and reassembling it in the right order.

Darksim · Post by **Darksim** » 23 Jan 2017, 00:45

I got the chisel idea from this helpful thread viewtopic.php?t=32583