I have been pulling on it for 20 min now and it wont come out. I know there is a little ring in the spline that helps hold it in. Its shaped like a C and is easy to compress. So If I pull on the axle it should just pop out of the transaxle right?

Anyone replaced a cv shaft assembly b4? Any help would be much appreciated.

 

Stick a large screw driver between the axle end and the tranny and pop it loose.

 

are you putting new ones on or not if so the shuld come with a new ring so you could just snap that one in half and take it off

 

exactly what I did with a pry bar....and they came out pretty easy.
One thing to watch out for is fluid leaking out on the driverside. I think I lost about 1.5 qts on the ground since I wasn't ready for it come pouring out.

Any one know what fluid part# GM sells that we need to replace with and how much goes in there?

 

The part # for GM syncromesh is 21018899 . I believe its 1.8 quarts on the capacity . Thankfully I heard everyone else say they lost fluid before I did mine , so I was manned and ready to plug the hole as soon as the axle came out ....I only lost a couple drips doing that way .

 

Works every time.

 

have always used a nice prybar and hammer when needed...

watch the seal and if u can grab a clutch alignment tool that may fit... would save the trouble from losing fluid

 

When you guys installed these new axels did you have to disconnect the lower ball joint or the shock from the carrier to allow enough room to manuver the axel into the hub hole? I'm having a hell of a time trying to get these new axels back in. I got them all the way into the transmission, but where the axel goes into the hub I can't get them to bend enough to allow me to insert them into the hole there.

Was wondering if I'm doing something wrong.

Thanks

EDIT: Ok... Rob(FAST06SS) just PM'd me.... Thanks