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Old 10-11-02, 6:35   #7 (permalink)
deadmeat
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Once you get the axle in the wheel hub, and the hub reconnected to the strut tower, you need to replace the axle nut. again, put a screw driver in the rotor to keep it from rotating, or have a friend step on the brake pedal to keep it from revolving while you try to tighten the nut.

after you tighten the nut as much as you can, you need to peen the new nut. Use a hammer, along with a punch tool to bend the ridge on the nut into the little divit on the axle.


Replace your tire, and hand tighten the lug nuts in a star pattern.


then, slowly lower your car, until the tire will not turn while you tighten the lug nuts. Use a tire iron, or socket and ratchet to hand tighten the lug nuts, and then finish lowering the car to the ground.

You should be done with replacing your passenger side cv axle at this point, and should get an alignment, unless your planning on doing the drivers side cv axle

-meaty

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