need alittle help

k im trying to take my axels out but i cant get this shit out

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i was like hitting the fork in forever.....couldnt even pick my arm up anymore.....im getting sick of it...........i want to get them out so i can take the block and tranny out..........anyone kno what i should do????? it would help alot....thanks

I didn't have a pickle fork, but I was able to get my axles out. I'm saying that you can get the hub to come off of the axle without taking it loose from that knuckle that you have your pickle fork on.
If you just want to get your axles out, you don't need to pry anymore with the pickle fork.
Go ahead and take your brake rotor off. Then you can see better. I think you've missed a bolt that you need to remove. Once you've got the right bolts off, your front hub will be able to flop around in a whole bunch of directions. It'll be very floppy. You should be able to flop it up and towards the front or back, and get the end of the axle to come out of the hub.
Good luck. I know these instructions suck.
Flunky

Originally posted by 4-Door Flunky
I didn't have a pickle fork, but I was able to get my axles out. I'm saying that you can get the hub to come off of the axle without taking it loose from that knuckle that you have your pickle fork on.
If you just want to get your axles out, you don't need to pry anymore with the pickle fork.
Go ahead and take your brake rotor off. Then you can see better. I think you've missed a bolt that you need to remove. Once you've got the right bolts off, your front hub will be able to flop around in a whole bunch of directions. It'll be very floppy. You should be able to flop it up and towards the front or back, and get the end of the axle to come out of the hub.
Good luck. I know these instructions suck.
Flunky

thanks bro im goign to go try i right now i was just out there trying to bang it againa nd nothing happened ill try that.......thanks

I just ran out to the parking lot to look at my car, and my instructions seem even more lame now.
I think I took loose the big bolt ((about 3 or 4 inches long) and the nut that holds it on) that goes from the bottom of the strut to the lower control arm. I also took loose the little nut that attaches the sway bar to the lower control arm. There are also two big bolts and nuts about an inch away from each other, and both of those have to come out.
I don't think it'll actually be 'floppy' like I said earlier, but you should have a little more range of motion to pull the hub down and to the left, and try to move the little piece of axle sticking into the hub the opposite direction, up and to the right.
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Flunky

Originally posted by 4-Door Flunky
I just ran out to the parking lot to look at my car, and my instructions seem even more lame now.
I think I took loose the big bolt ((about 3 or 4 inches long) and the nut that holds it on) that goes from the bottom of the strut to the lower control arm. I also took loose the little nut that attaches the sway bar to the lower control arm. There are also two big bolts and nuts about an inch away from each other, and both of those have to come out.
I don't think it'll actually be 'floppy' like I said earlier, but you should have a little more range of motion to pull the hub down and to the left, and try to move the little piece of axle sticking into the hub the opposite direction, up and to the right.
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Flunky

k i jst went out there and found the two bolts you said i can only get to one cause the shaft to the axel is right in the way of the second bolt...........i got stopped one more time this is the only stopping me from lifting the block out..........

yeah..........finally got my axels out took a while cause i had to put all the shit back together but i did it and this weekend im goig to drop the engine prolly i cant wait:p all i have to do is unhook the shift linkage and like two other things...........

Hey, Sk8tr!
I changed my driver's side half shaft yesterday, so I had a chance to follow my own instructions.
No, I still couldn't get my ball joint to come apart, but I remembered how I got it out last time. I took out the bolt holding the lower control arm to the car's body.
Why grunt and strain with that stupid ball joint when Fshht! You can take out the bolt on the upper part of the lower control arm.
Once I took that out and pulled that part of the arm free of the body, it was floppy, as I'd mentioned to you, and easy to take the axle out. And not hard to put the new one in.
There for everyone- you don't have to screw with the ball joint unless you feel like it. Take out the upper bolt!
Flunky

Originally posted by 4-Door Flunky
Hey, Sk8tr!
I changed my driver's side half shaft yesterday, so I had a chance to follow my own instructions.
No, I still couldn't get my ball joint to come apart, but I remembered how I got it out last time. I took out the bolt holding the lower control arm to the car's body.
Why grunt and strain with that stupid ball joint when Fshht! You can take out the bolt on the upper part of the lower control arm.
Once I took that out and pulled that part of the arm free of the body, it was floppy, as I'd mentioned to you, and easy to take the axle out. And not hard to put the new one in.
There for everyone- you don't have to screw with the ball joint unless you feel like it. Take out the upper bolt!
Flunky

i odn tkno what all the control arms and everything is but i just used the fork thing i had on the top i dont kno what its called but that poped right out like third hit and then just pulled it down alittle bit and turned the wheel and out came the axels i spent so much time hitting the bottom one and i just had to try sumthing else it worked find..........