This is the best CV shaft tool ever I made it and I'm telling you I had a truck I was trying to get the CV shaft out of I was working on it for hours literally ready to punch the doors and windows I made this tool I literally hit it twice with a hammer and it came out and since then I've used it about 10 times works every time the best tool ever genius idea man good luck and thank you for your Advice

I could not get the electrical box behind the cv joint against my Kubota RTV X900 so I combined your bar stock and block idea I used. I welded it to a 3” muffler clamp like another KZfaqr suggested, two taps and it popped right out.

I made one of these and used it on my car yesterday and it totally worked!! The problem with other methods and tools are that they don't anticipate obstructions in the way of their operation. With this tool, it can be disassembled, metal cup be placed around the cv axle then the metal rods can be connected back and you can begin to use. And problem of using hammer and pry bar method is that you don't get much leverage when you have jacked up your car and you are working under the car. With modern cars being very tightly packaged, I highly recommend this method and tool!

Great idea, great solution. I am one of those who saves wood ends, such as from 2x4s, because they can come in handy, especially for car repairs, where a couple of good whacks are needed to drive in or out pieces that would otherwise be damaged with direct hammer blows. You are also correct, that one CV axle is bound to be more difficult to access for removal.

Rob,being a back yard mechanic, I’ve often run into this very frustrating job until I ran across your video. It’s the neatest tool I have and these jobs are a breeze now. Your the best,keep it up,Lester from Canada

Works like a charm!! Be sure to use an octagon electric box, fits better than a square one. Great idea! Thanks

Thanks Rob, I just made this today for my 04 Deville. Once i got the junction box cut to where I needed it, it was a piece of cake. Much appreciation!

If you have a spline with a circlip involved the trick is to get the circlip opening in the 12 o'clock position. What I have found is turning an 1/8 of a turn at a time and giving a tug or pry and usually it releses fairly easy. Kudos on your custom tool invention - nice problem solving skills!

Thank you very much! This was VERY HELPFUL! I don't want to be frustrated trying to get mine out.

Great idea. I have an 09 ford that’s been through several rust creating winters. I may need this next week. Two thumbs up!

Thanks Rob. Helped me get my axle out. Great idea. Works great after less than 10 hit with my 4 lbs mullet. God bless you.

I am exactly in this predicament and will be trying this tonight! Thank you for the idea!

Neatest Tool I have seen in a long time. Reminds me of something my Dad conjured up back in the 70's to get some Ball Joints pressed out & back in using Threaded Rod & Very Large Deep Well sockets that he had access to. This goes down as a DIY Super Tool.

That's great tool , I did it and used it on my BMW x5 worked like a pro

Man my front left cv axle was a pain, theres no room to pry it out. I made one of these and it pulled it right out

Having that problem now with my CV axle. Going to make the tool. Will get back with you. Thanks!!!

Great job showing and telling,about how you made that to take the shaft out. I am fixing to do my 2008 dodge 4x4 and so thanks for showing and telling. So wish me luck and well see ya next time see ya bye.

I made one of these and now my axles are successfully out and my project can continue. I had to use a Dremel for most of the metal cutting, doing this with a hack saw would have been pretty grueling. I made mine four foot long instead of three and the extra length was helpful for the passenger side axle of my 98 corolla. Thanks for the video!

Great idea. Will try it the next time i need to replace a cv axle.

Wonderful tip. Thanks for posting this. I need to do my 2005 Toyota Sienna cv axle. I will probably make this if I can't pry it out.

Thank you very, very much!! I used an octagonal box, it took a couple tests to get the cut and fit right, but it worked perfectly!!

Very ingenious I may just try that thanks for posting.

Built and used this awesome tool today and it worked as predicted by Rob - inexpensive and effective!

Thank you for your wonderful idea, simple and efficient. Took my brother no more then 5 seconds to get It out.

This worked! Except the electrical outlet method did not. I think it would have except I cut it too wide and it didn't grab well and just slipped off. The bars and wood block were still good though so I just made another version. I found a piece of sheet metal cut to about 4"x10" and drilled a 1.25" hole in the center (slightly larger though) with a hole saw. then I cut a piece of wood 3.5" wide to use as a bending form and bent it around that for a nice sharp 90° bend. I used tin snips to cut from one side to the edges of the hole I drilled to make a slot. I drilled a single 1/4-20 hole in each ear so it can move around but hold plenty strong. Being thin it slid into the gap very easily (the electrical box was a little bit too thick). I didn't bother with the second block of wood and just banged on the one piece. What's the worst that can happen? break the wood? Just cut another piece. But I didn't and it came out with just a few bangs. The other problem with using an electrical box is all the cutout holes that make it weak. The thin sheet metal was fine because it sort of nestled around the axle and it didn't matter that it bent because it held in the places that need holding.

I like your tool hack. Nice job, thanks for sharing your low-cost DIY approach.

Genius idea, thanks for sharing, you saved me money I don’t have to spend on expensive tools.

Awesome. Great alternative for when the vice-grip method ain't working for you. But dang, watch them sharp edges.

Excellent idea! Wow I'm impressed. That's what I love about KZfaq. Where else could I learn something like this? Thank you for the great idea but, more importantly, thank you for sharing!

Thanks Rob! This came in really handy today

My buddy said I would need the right tools, but he didn't mention this. Fortunately, I have all the parts to make this. The axels are on the way. Thank you!

Wow! I could have used this last week when my friend spent more than 5 hours trying to pry it out from my 2011 Honda Odyssey. (The passenger side). The driver's side was easy.

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Thanks for the tip like your I was trying to figure out how to make a tool to pull my axle out. You gave me the perfect idea

Thank you, Amazing DIY hack, this is going to save me so much time, and money. Hats off sir.

Interesting approach, would never have thought of cutting up a junction box, will give it a go. Thanks.

Hello sir im in the process of changing the left an right axles on a ford this video is great im going to get the materials to make this tool thank you so much...i just checked amazon an they want $70 for a axle pulling tool keep up the good work...

definitely going to try this tomorrow!

Possible solution, thanks for the idea. However, don't forget that Autozone / Oreilly's etc will loan a CV removal tool. I found on ATV/UTV that the free loaner - with the free loaner of "FWD Axle Puller" - works pretty well. You need that FWD axle puller attachment as it slips in behind just like your cut out box you made.

Very helpful Rob thank you! Love the Ingenuity!

Good idea, particularly if there is no space to get a pry bar between the transmission case and the inboard part of the cv axle.

great simple vid thank you

Awesome tool thanks for the how to video really works great

You're brilliant. Cost me 15 bucks in minnesota to build, last minute and i built it a little bulkier than you did i'm sure i could have done it for less, but thank you for the Great idea!!

Very clever. Nice set up.

I will actually try this next week with TL

Good idea Thanks for Sharing

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Awesome information sir...

u type exhuast clamp. clamp it over the inner stub shaft of the axle and use a pry bar.. works everytime

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Great idea! I will try this.

good job sir !

I like this idea because even if you can get a prybar in between axle and diff- you risk cracking / marring the differential while trying to lever the axle out. Your little tool means you're only hammering out the part you want to replace anyway. Next stop- Home Depot :) thanks for posting this.

Great idea. Given I've got "half" of a CV stuck in my transmission now, I'm going to head to Lowes or Home Depot to get the materials. Thank you!

Nice idea.

Genius!

Really smart

great idea

Great ingenuity. I'm about to do this job on my S-10. Hopefully I won't need this tool but if I do, I now no how to build one easily and cheaply. Thanks.

Brilliant!

Great idea.

Great idea!

thanks good idea

Good vid Richard Gere

GOOD JOB I AM MAKING ONE HAD TOO MANY TIMES TAKING OUT AXLES THAT WERE A NIGHTMARE

Built one of these, 2 taps with the big hammer and popped right out. Thanks for the idea. Spent 2 days trying to use a pry bar with no success, lol.

I was just looking up a tool the price 170.bucks Home Depot my favorite store I will make this Thanks

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Thanks for the idea. The pry method is not working for me and this options looks like a winner.

The Driver side axle is REALLY stuck good on my 2005 Jimmy, you think this would take it out??

You could reduce effort of cutting by using a ceiling "pancake" box,(Hubbell-Raco 295) which is tound and 1" deep. It has no side knockouts or holes to get in the way, and is just as thick and strong.

That so smart

The tool is strong enough. I have used it on several cars and it has not broken. The metal box will wrap itself around the cv axle housing which actually helps removal. Try it before assuming it doesn't work.

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Awesome

The best CV axle removal is not having one. Just use a big vice grip on the CV axle shaft and hammer the vice grip.

Remember kids, when pulling the axle on many Subaru's, don't forget the roll pin and when installing new unit, make sure you get the splines indexed right so you can put the roll pin back in.

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Great

Is that electrical box 4" or 6" ?

I will be building this tool in the near future. All the pieces can be bought easily, and I can transport it to salvage yards to remove front drive axles which are hard to access the axles because the cars sit on the ground in most cases. But what about the ceiling electrical box? What is the dimensions of the box? The stock front drive axle body on many GM cars are not perfectly round, they have the 3 structured type body that may hinder the attachment of the electrical box to it when removing. Is there a model number you can provide, or anyone else that can say which box they bought and where they bought it?

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thanks man, I am going to try this on my 1990 toyota wagon, stupid axle is stuck like chuck!!!

Price update: Electrical box 7.98 36x3/4x1/8 11.93 x 2 = $34.47 with tax. The rest I have in the garage.Just for grins I went to an inflation calculator and it works the other way around and it gave me 17.87 back in 1997. That's still nearly double your claim. There are cheaper boxes but not the type that would work well for this job. Most of the boxes are plastic nowadays. And a simple steel bar for nearly $12! wtf I think they are just gouging us. What doesn't make sense is how usually the raw materials things tend to be more expensive than the manufactured parts. I can think of a lot of things for $12 that require work and materials to produce that would seem to be more expensive. A burger King whopper meal is about that much and that requires all sorts of handling and preparation. A steel bar does not.

start using knee pads or kneeling pad while your knees still work, from an old guy.

Nice trick, but im unable to find metal electrical boxes in my country (Norway) -- they are all plastic now!

Smart

If you turn the CV axle over to different parts of its rotation you'll eventually find the point where the internal retainer ring at the end of the shaft is not holding it in place and you can just pull it out easily with a pry bar like in almost all other videos on how to remove a cv axle. Probably the reason shocking it with this puller works is that it's jiggling the retainer ring enough to get it out, but you can get the same effect just by turning the shaft to the right angle.

Most Toyota s are stuck after 160 thousand miles, must cut boot off first then make tool vise grip 3 foot threaded rod welded to part that turns ,5 lb sledge head, nut and washer.

would it work on a atv or would the electrical box be to large

I doubt that conduit box will last very long. Some might pop easily but probably 50% of them would put up more of a fight than that contraption could muster. Great diy hack though if your in a pinch.

Nice build but why wouldn't you just come at the axle from underneath with a pickle fork?

Just use nylon rope rated about 800 lbs and a big long 8 lb hammer long handle one

I have never had any issue at all taking them out. There is no reason for it ro be stuck that badly..... but you gotta do what you gotta do

Would have like to see it actually being used.

this will not work if the shaft is on tight..great idea but not strong enough