RebekahsZ Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 I will soon be heading to the local Nissan salvage horde to gather up as many axles as I can get. There were as many as 6 candidate cars. I will be working in mud on my back with spiders and chiggers and mosquitos and thorns and snakes. Do any of you have any special instructions to help make removing these axles more expedient? Please let me know if I go straight to the 4 bolts at the outer CV with a crows foot wrench and a breaker bar or if there are any other assemblies that I will have to remove first. I am a S30 gyy and have never bern underneath a Z31. Any tip is welcome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i r teh noobz Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 (edited) The shock bracket will need to come off or the axle won't fit past it.. I believe you need a 17mm socket and a 19 mm wrench. You may need to cut the exhaust to get the left side axle out. Edited April 21, 2014 by i r teh noobz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewZed Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 If they're not turbo cars they'll probably have 3x2 hole axles. Might be easier to just drop the whole sub-frame, drag it out and go to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 Thank you. Keep the suggestions coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share Posted April 29, 2014 Job is finished. 1. Jack up and support car. 2. 13/16" deep socket and 2" extension on 1/2" ratchet to remove wheel 3. 14mm box end wrench to remove brake calipers if rusted to rotors. 4. Steel bar and 3# sledge to hammer caliper off rusty rotor 5. Big sheet of cardboard and mosquito spray 6. 17mm socket on 1/2" drive ratchet to remove front bolt on shock bracket that also serves as a guide for parking brake cable. 7. Pry bar to pry that bracket down an inch or more to expose outer companion flange axle nuts and bolts. 8. (2) 14mm sockets on long handled 3/8" drive ratchets or breaker bars to remove (4) nuts and bolts that secure outer CV to companion flange, rotate rotor to access nuts and bolts 1-by-1, at the 6-o'clock location. Inner socket needs a 2" extension. 9. Wrestle outer CV away from companion flange and shock bracket, let axle hange down from diff. 10. 3# sledge to dangling axle to "snap" it out of diff. 11. Repeat on other side. 12. Save nuts and bolts in zip-lock bag. 13. Pay the man, take some Ibuprofen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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