I was going to change my axle on my 1996 cutlass supreme 102,000 3.1 engine. I spent a day trying to remove it with pry bars, slide hammers etc. It wouldn't budge.Note that this was a aftermarket cv axle i was trying to remove, not sure if that matters. Anyway
So i decided to take it to a shop , they took a very long time on the car and I wondered why, They didn't tell me that they couldn't get it out either. But i noticed once I got home and I see all the marks on the old part where the axle goes into the trans...(I'm not sure what the metal end is called)... They took another axle and basically attached it to older one....
Now should they have don't that, especially without telling me? probably not (that's why I like working on my own car)..could I have found someone else to get it out? That's something I don't know either.
The thing is My question would be if I have problems with the axle again or if I have problems with the bearing/shaft that goes into the trans ( the part they didn't remove). what can be done? Just keep taking it shops until someone can get it out...Does it have to be knocked out from the other side, or through the trans pan....??? just wishful thinking
