do i have to put the car on neutral when i take out the cv shaft (axle shaft)?
i m doing it right now but the inner cv isnt prying out... help please

 

oh i m at A/T

 

shouldn't have to, if you are doing the drivers side, it takes a little effort to pop it out, and according to my haynes, if you have an auto you may have to remove the passenger side and push the drivers side out that way. I've got a 5spd and it just took a good tug and it popped out

 

Are you doing the passenger side?...Is this side easier than the driver side???

 

Ok finally finished this, all you have to do is grab the damn axle from the middle and pull it with all ur strength... no prying bs... my neighbor helped me with this... he just pulled it out and bam it came right off... by old boot was in pretty bad shape (no bearing ***** at all)... I m dissapointed though since when I drive and apply brakes or on other occasions I hear the noise (crrrrrrkkk) still... i guess it was not related to my axle... can anyone tell me what the heck this noise is... its like a krrrrrkkk sound whenever i apply the brake or when i drive on bumps, etc... or regular driving... seems to me like suspension?

 

No i did the driver side but it seems to be same thing, the passenger side is just longer axle to reach the tranny... my passenger boot has some cracks in it but not ripped or leaking... i think i will get some fix boot paste... its a messy job this one

 

Your spring isolators might be worn...

 

well today i noticed the bar where the springs are have no boot on them (the boot that covers the bars inside the springs... both side are the same way... what do i need to do about this?

 

so is that noise from the fact that my shock boots are ripped? in that case what do i need to change? could i add some additive to make it better?

 

Spring isolators???

 

The little pieces of plastic that go around the end coils of the springs.

 

If these are bad, will they cause the noise that Amulla01 ia having. What do you hear if they are worn????

 

Without a sound clip - we don't know exactly what Amulla01 is hearing - but when I got my new struts put on, the shop used the old isolators (that were worn) and I kept getting all sorts of rattles metal resonating/vibrating sounds when I would go over a series of little bumps - never happened over big/smooth bumps - always happened over ruts etc.

 

hmmm i would love to record the sound but i dont have video camara... might ask from my brother to lend it to me...

 

you know what, when i turn my car off today and i pushed down on the driver side where my door is, i heard that crrrrkk again... everytime i push it down that noise appears... but when i go to front spring, and push down the front of the car, no noise from the springs... what the hell is this then?

 

possibly the driverside rear shock???