How to Change and Rebuild CV Axles 

Nice video, thanks for the tips about the air hammer to push the shaft out of the bearing and about raising the suspension to free the rear axle! If I may add a few comments: - the front outer CV with the brown grease in it had had the boot replaced before (you can tell by the clamp) and the wrong grease was used. I would have given it a thorough clean so as not to mix the black (correct) grease with the old general purpose grease. - you didn't mention it, so for those reading this who didn't know, if you're only going to do an outer CV, you can hammer it out in place (without pulling it out of the diff) as it's only held on the shaft with a snap ring. Just be careful to not pull out the inner CV, that would be bad. - one thing that can be done as well to prolong the CV life is to swap the left and right side CVs. It's likely that the front inners won't be interchangeable, but the outers will. In the case of the Pajero, the rear inners can be swapped as well. What it does is over time (and miles) pressure is applied on the same edge of the CV inner cage. It can be so bad that it will even chip. By swapping them around, pressure is applied on the opposite side. Just make sure to not swap shafts, they must remain in their respective side, otherwise they could fail (it's the case at least in motorsport applications). - the inner CV snap rings are always a pain, you could have tried to use gravity to your advantage and try to leave the open section of the ring on the down side. But it's a bit of Russian roulette, sometimes it goes easy, sometimes it doesn't. Just never apply too much force, it will only damage the snap ring even further.

Before watching this I thought it was a pain but you made it look easy now I'm ready to do this on my Pajero ❤

Thanks for the video. Been meaning to do this but gives me more confidence doing this myself now.

Great video and valuable information. I like the zip tie Tip. Thanks!

I had to pull my rear cv axles out three times and found it was easier to just spin the wheel once you got all 6 of the bolts out the rear side of the dif. As you spin it it just falls out. At least for me it did. Like most people I thought it would be hard to rebuild them. Now I just need to find time to get my oem parts back in

Just excellent. Thank you.

Ohhhkay, showing me the difference between OEM and Aftermarket, NOW it makes sense. I had to see it.

Thanks for sharing

Nice, thank you for the video. Unfortunately this is the price we pay for lifting our rigs. CVs work under different angle than they are made to. Also rear diffs work with tilted oil level.

5:50 for budget cut sakes, my differential bearing has decided to say bye and need to do this + that.... Would a pin puncher and hammer work if normal negotiations fail?

How about a screwdriver into the vents of the rotor to prevent it from spinning while torquing the axle nut?

Great guide as always, but really, to anyone watching, please don't zip-tie your CV's and grease the bearings not the boots.

That headlight looks cool! Send link please where to get one!

Have to admit that I'm surprised that aircooled Porsche/VW boots fit a monte and even more impressed that Luso knew this. Also, is the process for doing the 2/2.25 gens the same?

hello fromAustralia ,ive got a 3.8 Pajero exceed,unfortunately in the middle of a oil change and filter service i got distracted with a mobile call and didnt nib up the sump plug ,my wife drove the car and after work she said the engine is making a loud noise ,knocking and no oil due to me not doing my job properley ,i purchased another sump plug filled up with oil and it stopped knocking ,is this just a temporary fix or was i lucky ,have done near 100 kilometres and its still quiet

I'm sad that you didn't show how to replace the hub bearings on the front and rear axles, it looks like you installed new ones :( BTW, what happened to your exhaust? ;) (36:20) BR from Poland !!