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Old 04-28-2017, 05:00 PM
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All those pushers and other tools arent worth a damn.

Im assuming that your trying to get the outer part of the CV pushed out of the hub/knuckle.

Easiest way if they are really stuck which they usually are, air hammer with the pointed tip to help loosen it (even that doesnt work at first sometimes), hit it with a torch for a little but not long as the bearings are there, and get a cylinder peice of steel as a punch, i had a small piece laying around and ground the front on a bench grinder to fit in the CV dimple, wacked it a few times with a sledge then finish with air hammer.

You can manuever them out by disconnecting the rear part of lower control arm that connects to subframe- even the pass side one which is super long.(For pass side i also believe i took the 2 strut bolts out.

Thats the quickest way with minimum disassembly.
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