I cannot get the cv axle to pop out on a 1996 ford escort with a 1.9L engine.
If you have taken the half axel off the wheel arm, then all it should take is a hard pull by hand to pop the half axel out of the transmission.
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have you undone the main hub bolt, if yes, there could be two different items holding the cv joint on, one is a small circlip in the joint end, or the other is just like an expanding metal ring again only small. what i had to do to change my one was take the driveshaft out (easier to see whats there) then gently (rubber hammer) hit the CV joint it should then fall off to allow you to change the CV joint. I spent over an hour trying to get the metal ring off, then after taking driveshaft off it was changed and back on in ten mins. Or you can go to a motor factors or similar and get a boot puller, my opinion hammer works better lol
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It's not an easy job, and a very messy one! If you have never done CV's before, I suggest you take it to a CV specialist, as they will do it quickly and cheaply in comparison to the hardship you will have to go through doing it yourself. These vehicles are common for the axles rusting into the hubs and siezing in there, and often the whole hub needs to be removed and the axle heated and pressed out. The new CV's often don't come with a tone wheel for the ABS system and you may need to swap the old tone wheel onto the new CV joint, and measure the alignment of it with the sensor when refitting.
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take a pry bar to the side of the tranny and pry the cv out, there is a clip on the shaft of the axle on the inside of the tranny
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It is held in by a spring ring. You need a good strong pry bar and you position it between the hub of the axel and the case of the trans and **** hard pulling it out. It sometimes is seated well, but keep trying. It will fight you sometimes.
Hope this helps.
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take wheel off take big nut off cv shaft so it can slide out of hub assembly, take bolt out that holds strut to hub assembly an bolt lower ball joint and tie rod end take hammer and tap knuckle where steering end attaches, pry out ball joint and take axle end out of hub assembly. then carefully with pry bar pop it out of tranny. when install cv axle push in tranny fast so that you feel it snap in. good luck
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