2005 Toyota Corolla - Passenger Side CV Drive Axle Replacement 

The axles are doing pretty well. Lately, I have been seeing that aftermarket brand new axles are better than the OEM axles on vehicles believe it or not. Once in a long while or blue moon I may have an axle with a slight vibration at a certain RPM like 3200 to 3600 RPM or something so I just exchange it for a different one and that usually happens on ones with unequal lengths axles such as on the passenger side like on these vehicles. Any time I replace an axle it is usually because the original OEM axle has failed or is bad. Some OEM axles will last a long time and some won't. It also depends on the driving conditions and driver abuse. Any kind of repetitive abuse to the axles will ruin it regardless if it is OEM or aftermarket. I use Trakmotive (SurTrack) and Cardone axles. Only use brand new ones never use remanufactured axles. Remanufactured axles are nothing but problems. Aftermarket axle companies have gotten better over the years and they are much better now than say a decade ago.

Yes and no. Depends if you are reusing the axle or not. Otherwise, the threads could get damaged. Some axles I haven't unstaked and there is no damage and some the threads get damaged. The axle nut will typically unstake itself, but you're best to unstake it before removal to make it easier to remove and to prevent damage unless you are replacing it.

I believe the tool you're talking about is an axle seal puller tool to remove seals out of transmissions.

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This vehicle does not have ABS. Sometimes the tone ring will interfere with installation inside the steering knuckle sometimes it won't. If the axle won't go into the hub then you need to remove the tone ring.

Automatic.

The axles could definitely cause that on acceleration only. I would also check the steering and suspension and all engine/transmission mounts just to make sure everything checks out OK.

Those axles are brand new not rebuilt. The remanufactured ones are usually junk. I've used many of the new ones on a variety of vehicles and haven't had any issues. Some I've been using for years and works longer and even better than the OEM ones.

Thank you for the replay. It's always nice to know.

No problem. The only thing I can say is sometimes there may be vibration problems with some axles, but lately the ones I've been using I've had no issues with them.