Pulling a passenger front axle, 2004 S60

[Oro]

Tomorrow morning I need to pull the front passenger axle on my step-son’s 2004 S60, to re-boot the inner joint.

I’ve searched endlessly and other than 1/2 hour you tube videos in Croatian, not found a clean how-to. I’ve done this job MANY times on other vehicles, just wondering if anything is odd here. I can work though on my own, but if someone has a quick bullet-point check list of anything odd, it would be appreciated.

I saw something about inner soup cans being staked to prevent the tri-lobe coming out. A thing?

Thanks in advance.

[cn90]

How many miles km in your car?

Use only GKN brand or Volvo brand.

I wrote a detailed DIY here:

DIY: 2004 V70 2.5T Axle and Seal (110K miles) Volvo 6843112; Corteco 19033885B R side: Volvo 9495018; Corteco 19034067B
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[br0dy519]

Very easy. I undo the 2 giant bolts connecting the knuckle to the strut assembly, remove the 2 bolts holding the carrier bearing to the axle, then pull out. Have a replacement seal ready. You can also do it by popping the balljoint out but I prefer the above method.

[erikv11]

What br0dy519 said; check out cn90's write-ups for great summaries and hands-on implementation of what's been posted across the internet.

Nothing special here, no soup cans whatever those are, just (as you said) don't over-stress the inner CV when you pull.

[abscate]

Have the inner trans seal in hand as well as a new outer dust seal between axle hub and driveshaft outboard to keep those splines clean since you are in salty ON