LOL " Dont fix it, it will break at the most inconvienient time" so damn tru.
Any way here is what u do . I know only cause i kept screwin up
an now i can pull an replace a set of axles in 30 min. But basically ur best friend is an impact wrench for that axle nut an a 36mm socket u can rent at auto zone. But pull ur wheel of after u jacked up ur car then pump ur brakes an put ur car in gear an spin the axle nut off. There is a fork that is on the front struts that attaches to the lower control arm remove both of the bolts an slide teh fork down an off. U will need a lower ball joint separator to separate the suspension knuckle from the lower control arm. Now remove the castel nut an cottor pin from the lower ball joint ( which is the shaft the connects the lower control arm an the suspension knuckle ) Now this is the part where most people get all mad an frustrated if u dont know what u are doing ( I know I have spent 3 hours VERY MAD on one part) but anyway the ball joint separator is a long steal rod with a forked end with a flat edge an a angled edge u want the angled edge to be on the bottom an the flat edge on top then u want to place this fork inbetween the suspension knuckle an lower control arm an hammer the end like no other if u have a short handled sledge it works best once it has separated u want to pick up the rotor/hub assembly an separate the the ball joint from the suspension knucklenext u can swing the rotor an pull the axle out of the rotor at the same time. Next u need to remove the axle from the tranny. the axle has a retention ring on it so it makes it kinda hard to remove so what u do is take a small crow bar an slide the end inbetween the the inboard axle case an the tranny an take ur hammer an beat the axle away from the tranny. Once u have popped the ring outa the groove its in in the tranny it will just slide out if the crow bar doesnt work u can just beat the sh*t outa the casing
( hold the axle cause if u dont u might be needin a new pair of balls
) anyway once u have removed the axle take it to ur local axle repair shop an tell em u want it rebuilt it should be about $65 they should remove an replace the the ball bearings with new ones, resurface the bearing races, regrease the axles, reboot the axles an ur ready to go re install the same way u removed it all u have to do to the ball joint is drop it back into where it was an replace the castel nut an cotter pin. The drivers side axle is very similar it just connects to the intermediate shaft an instead of a crow bar to separate it u are prolly better off to just beat it apart with a hammer. Sorry i dont have time to get pics but if u have any questions IM me at Bluelude1 or email me. Oh an dudes remember this is the suspension u are messin with also so u might wanna rent a torque wrench an get this stuff all back to spec before u go chirpin the tires ( an make sure u put all ur parts in a bucket so u dont lose any i does very bad things for u I know all to well .... lets just say my wheel looked like the Dalorien ( sp?) on "Back to the Future" when the wheels lay flat only i was about to roll into heavy traffic
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