Hey guys,

 

My dad gave me his subaru and ive been wanting to do some work on it. This is my first car so experience level is low with working on cars. I read Edrach's deal on replacing the cv axle and most of it makes sense accept for this "Knock out the pin on the DOJ with a drift-tool from the UNBEVELED hole and remove the pivot bolt from the lower arm." DOJ is the double offset joint? I don't have to remove the brakes? Whats the lower arm? And...whats an unbeveled hole? thanks...obviously im new at this :-\ Thanks for any help. BTW i have an 87 subaru GL wagon, manual, w/ the 1.8 engine. My dad subscribed to this message board and has posted a few times. I think he was Anony Moose or something like that. Anyway, thanks for any help.

Lift your hood and take a look at the tranny. You see the CV joints attatched to the tranny??? That is where the pin your looking for is located. You can use a 3/16 punch to remove the pin. If you rotate the CV, you'll see that one end where the pin goes through has a bevel... this is the side the pin enters. When you remove the pin, you want to punch it out through the other side, the unbevelled hole.

 

The lower control arm is the big chunk of metal that runs under your CV joint, and goes from the engine crossmember to the wheel hub.

 

You dont HAVE to remove the brakes, but it may make it easier for you to replace the CV since this is your 1st time. Ive done it so many times, that I just set the parking brake and let the caliper hold everything in place... after I remove the pin on the tranny side, I unbolt the lower ball joint from the lower control arm and pull outwards... this is usually enough to get the CV to pop off the tranny. Then I take a hammer and wack the CV real good from the brake hub... once its removed, its just a matter of replacing with the new one.

 

Good Luck,

-Brian

Thanks for the help, it makes sense now what i have to do.

 

-Karl

Oh, and the castle nut at the end of the CV is 36mm. Only tools you should need will be 12mm, 14mm, 17mm, 36mm and the 3/16 punch. You can get away without using a 12mm & 17mm and thats if you keep the brake assembly complete, and dont remove it.

 

-Brian