Heads up! If you have a hybrid with a CVT, you will lose a quart of Toyota ATF WS fluid from your CVT when you take your CV axle out. So either place a pan underneath to collect it, it will pour out. Or, drain your CVT first. Then repace your CV axle. Remembering to fill your CVT fluid after. Another thing to take note of is that the Hybrid CV axle is much beefier than the standard Highlander CV axle. So make sure your auto part store gave you the right one!
Thanks for showing all the details and using multiple cameras so everything is clear. The humor clips make for a more entertaining experience also. 🎉 So the CV axle is set into the tranny by pressure alone? No clips, rings, or nuts?
I watched a few videos on HighLanders CV Axles and Seals and your the 1st to mention check your Transmission Fluid... and if its a 4X4 highLander the Red Transmission fluid runs out both sides and checking the Rearend its Pale Yellow Gear Oil and FULL... The confusing part is the Passenger side looks like it should be Rearend Oil because it looks like part of the rearend BUT !!! RED oil runs out ?? So it MUST be Transmission Fluid............ BUT I've only been doing Auto-Body for 45 years, hope this helps someone :)
You don't need to put the tire back on to remove axle nut, just stick a screwdriver or punch through the caliper & into the fins on the rotor, this will keep the rotor from turning, much easier.
Thank you for sharing this! My service inspection quoted "replace front inner CV joint boot(found cv joint boot(s) torn /leaking). Would this be the repair I could do to save me some $$$?
Yeah dude but I reccomend draining and replacing your Toyota ATFWS fluid at the same time. Why? You won't get fluid all over the place like this. Plus, it's likely never been changed anyways! Finally, a shop will charge around $300 for this without parts! Just make sure that if you have the HYBRID that you get the right CV axle!
Actually, units of torque are pound-force feet (lbf-ft)--similar to SI units Newton-meters (N-m). Units of power are measured in ft-lbs. As a tutor of college math and physics, I can be quite anal about these matters. One thing I noted is my expensive Precision Instruments torque wrench (model M3R250FX) has the units inscribed correctly as "LB FT." On the other hand, my cheapo Capri torque wrench (model 31201) has the units inscribed incorrectly as "FT-LB." In physics terms, torque is the cross product of distance and force while work is the dot product of force and distance.
@@armchairtin-kicker503 you have a point there. According to Wikipedia, "In the US, torque is most commonly referred to as the foot-pound (denoted as either lb-ft or ft-lb) and the inch-pound (denoted as in-lb).[14][15] Practitioners depend on context and the hyphen in the abbreviation to know that these refer to torque and not to energy or moment of mass (as the symbolism ft-lb would properly imply)." Luckily for us, multiplication is commutative :)
