cpt

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Well, I"m going to attempt it by myself. Do I really need to buy a 36 mm socket, or can I use a large cresent wrench with a breaker bar? I don't know where I could get a torque wrench that reads that high providing I went and bought the socket. I am also in need of a front liscense plate holder and hood struts. Any one know a cheaper place to get these?

Scruit

Gotta use the socket.

ti2tmax

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I would suggest getting a Craftsman regular socket instead of say a Napa driveshaft socket so that it will fit in there with the wheel still on the car and on the ground. Makes turning it that first time easier to do(prevents it spinning). The driveshaft I got from napa was too big to fit.

cpt

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Do you mean the actual driveshaft or just the socket. Also, Is this a fairly easy job to do? How hard is it to pop the old driveshaft out of the tranny? Everything else looks fairly straight forward except for the torquing. And is Napa half shafts the way to go? Seems a lot cheaper than the $139 new ones I see on Ebay.

ti2tmax

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Oh, sorry, I meant the napa driveshaft socket. I did actually get both my axles from napa and really regret at least not buying brand new ones, course for their price you'd be just as well off to buy from Raxles. I have replaced both of mine myself and as long as you get the right shaft(hooray napa) it should go smoothly. The passenger side has three bolts that hold it into a support bracket, they will probably need some moderate WD-40. I think they were 12mm, room was a little tight too... As far as getting the (Pass) axle out of the tranny you just gotta tug it pretty good. Make sure you have something underneath to catch the oil that will come out. If you are dropped I highly suggest buying new at the very least. I got reman'd six months ago and it's already time for new passenger side. I'm lower than 2" though.

f550maranello2

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go to autozone and rent it... they have everyting you need...

the_3d_man

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The 36mm nut is going to be on there very tight. You will need a breaker bar. Get a half inch drive breaker bar and put a pipe on it to get extra leverage, then it will be easy. If you can loosen it with the tire on the ground good for you, if not just wedge a large screwdriver between the brake rotor and the torque member.

once you unbolt the 3 bolts that hold the axle to the bracket it should come out easily. It is kinda hard to get to the bolts, but not that bad. Lease you won't have to deal with having to pry the axle out with a crow bar. (left side can be that way) also try to pull the axle from inside closer to the tranny and not stretch the joint.

96blkonblkse

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you will need a 36MM 6PT deep socket to get that nut off, its torqued down to like 230FT.LBS so you will need some good leverage. my good ol IR 1/2 impact gun got that thing off no sweat. Once you get that nut off you will need to remove the 2 bolts/nuts holding the steering knuckle to the strut. Then there are 3 bolts for the driveshaft support bracket. This one is a PITA to get out. Mainly because it somewhat rusts itsself together, I pryed on mine with a crowbar for awhile and i guess the bracket got a crack, then broke into 2 pieces. You will know what im talking about once you get there. good luck its not a very difficult job, just a lot of nuts/bolts that are usually not willing to come out easy. One other tip is when you remove the cotter pin always replace them.

the_3d_man

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another word of advice... when you put the Axle nut back on... tighten the crap out of it. if you have a 3 foot breaker bar, put at least 70-90 lbs on the end of it to tighten it back up (in my case like more than half of my weight lol). It should be as tight when you were done as it was when you first went to get it off... (oh god that sounds bad...)

cpt

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Does anyone use a torque wrench or just tighten the crap out of it? A torque wrench is like $200 and I can't think I would ever use it on anything else.

96blkonblkse

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borrrow or rent one

the_3d_man

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if you know how long the wrench is and you know how much you weigh, you can calculate the torque by standing in the right spot, or just hold the end and push down with an aproximate force. You don't need a torque wrench as long as you use a reasonable amount of force (which is a lot of force). Like I said, if you have a 3 foot breaker bar and you put 80 or 90 pounds on the end you will be fine and most of us can make a pretty good guess at what 80 to 90 pounds of force is.