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Hey List<P>When CjThor lowered my car...which looks awesome...he noticed that my cv shaft was shot...I special ordered the shaft through Kragen they told me it would take 8 days...Jarid hooked me up with a contact. So we get the joint...We can't get the damn thing off...It was rusted so much it never budged after a air-hammer. So I took it to a shop...They want to charge me $250 USD in labor...cause it has to be taken to machine shop to press it back together. It pisses me off, but what can you do. Just a warning watch out for rust when buying a mx-3 and CV joints <P>JCali

i'm curious as to what has to be pressed back together.

are you talkikng about the hub nut? If you take the air hammer to the nut long enough, it should break free. I had to sit there for like 4 striaght minutes before the sonabitch came off.<P>BTW: i'm doing a "how to" for changing the axle on my site, I'll post the link when i'm done. It'll have pictures nad procedure for the passenger side axle. It is for a mazda protege, but the procedure should be the same.

I just finished doing my axle and writing the how-to. HEre is the link...hope it helps you out<BR> <A HREF="http://mazdaprotege.net/tech/howto/rightaxle/" TARGET=_blank>http://mazdaprotege.net/tech/howto/rightaxle/</A>

Get some WD-40 (or equivilant) in there and let it sit for a while. Air hammer some more and it should break free.