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I’d rock that down a dirt road floored. I bet they’re a blast when driven hard.
CV shaft removal tools
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Princess Valiant
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Not sure about that, I'm planning to lovingly restore it, but it has a transmission issue which is why I pulled the driveline. Someone put 90 weight in it and the rod is broken inside the transmission that moves the forks to shifts gears. So it was stuck in 3rd gear.
I did get it out but it took me awhile and I tore the cv boot
Shown here about to get power washed and I took aapart some junk cv shafts and removed the spring clip to hold the spider gears in place and so I could power wash it
TT5.9mag
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Wow. I didn’t know those cars had reached the level of notoriety yet to obtain a “loving restoration”. I’m glad you’re doing it, someone is doing it, because it increases interest in the car hobby. Even if it’s a cup of tea I’ve never had. Well done.
Princess Valiant
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They have a huge following and are hard to find.
If you see a good one, save it!!
They are so fun to drive, I have another one that runs great so I can say they are a great car.
Just asking.....can you not remove that cross member?
They're cool little cars. They can get some fantastic mileage.
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bcschief
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Old Festiva's, my younger brother and his wife drove across the country in one when they first got married, from 29 Palms to Orlando, he said never again.
WTF!!!! I can't wrap my head around that!! 300HP in that thing would be a fun ride!!
Princess Valiant
A.K.A. Rainy Day Auto
That is a rare bird. Festiva and fiesta often get confused. The first generation Fiesta was from 76 to 1983 and had a lot of collaboration with the UK.
The Festiva was sold in the USA from 88 to 1993. They were designed by Mazda for ford, and built by KIA in Korea for ford. In those days KIA wasn't what it is now and they needed gigs like the Festiva to make a name for themselves. The festiva became the ford aspire in 94 to 97.
The Fiesta was later brought back in 2011 to 2019.
The ones i an into and the very popular ones are the festiva from 88 to 93
Princess Valiant
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I like tools and i like being equipped because I also do side jobs for people I know so with that I never know what's coming through the door next. I just hate when an easy peasy cv gets stuck and now 10 minutes turned into hours
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I bolt a chain around the axle (just use a bolt and nut to tighten the chain) next to the differential, and then form a loop on the other end of chain and use a small sledge hammer to make a make-shift slide hammer. Pops them right out
The Fiesta was a POS in the late 70s and they were a POS when they came back out in 2011. The Festiva is a pretty good little car. Emphasis on little. lolThat is a rare bird. Festiva and fiesta often get confused. The first generation Fiesta was from 76 to 1983 and had a lot of collaboration with the UK.
The Festiva was sold in the USA from 88 to 1993. They were designed by Mazda for ford, and built by KIA in Korea for ford. In those days KIA wasn't what it is now and they needed gigs like the Festiva to make a name for themselves. The festiva became the ford aspire in 94 to 97.
The Fiesta was later brought back in 2011 to 2019.
The ones i an into and the very popular ones are the festiva from 88 to 93
That sounds like my kinda redneckery.
Princess Valiant
A.K.A. Rainy Day Auto
Sounds like my kind of dot head redneckery as well.
You ain't right. Glad to know ya.
missing linc
Loose nut behind the wheel
Same thing as a Taurus with the 3.0 dohc engine. I was cussing one hell of a blue streak, and it was on my hoist!
Princess Valiant
A.K.A. Rainy Day Auto
Yup, gotta be patient with newer cars, did am altenator on an 03 cadillac with the north star. Had to pull the radiator and half the rad support and wheel housing plastic to get the alternator, and even still it had to go a certain way so it could twist and turn and tumble into place.
You guys know you like it !!
You guys know you like it !!
Do one on one of them GM engines you have to pull the intake to change. It's not what I'd call a "real hard" job, but my GOD, the can of works that can open up just to put a starter on!
Two green 96 Camrys covered 700K miles. Yeah, we changed some cv shafts. Most were no trouble but there was one. A right inner that simply would not come out. Chris had a tool. The threads on a slide hammer matched the threads in a vise grip. Slide hammer shaft replaced the OEM thumb screw of the visegrip. Joint boot and goob of grease cleared and visegrip clamped tightly on rim of joint cup. About a mess. Chris says he cannot believe it didn't work. Always had. He says, "I'll lock the doors, give you a ride home and go after Clyde's tool." I say, Oh no bud. I'm in it to win it. I'll buy lunch."
Clyde's tool was simply a piece of 1/8" wire rope in figure 8 form with a couple or 3 cable clamps, ( u-bolt, cast foot, 2 little nuts). He attached it choked behind the joint cup. Placed a small jackstand against frame rail, 36" crow bar threaded through the outer cable loop and against the jackstand, made tension and smacked the low end of crowbar with a hammer. TAHDAH, Joint popped out.
Chris admitted that my extra hands were helpful with this setup.
Clyde is/was his father-in-law by the way. He had learned a lot from that old guy. The cable tool can be gathered up at about any hardware store.
Clyde's tool was simply a piece of 1/8" wire rope in figure 8 form with a couple or 3 cable clamps, ( u-bolt, cast foot, 2 little nuts). He attached it choked behind the joint cup. Placed a small jackstand against frame rail, 36" crow bar threaded through the outer cable loop and against the jackstand, made tension and smacked the low end of crowbar with a hammer. TAHDAH, Joint popped out.
Chris admitted that my extra hands were helpful with this setup.
Clyde is/was his father-in-law by the way. He had learned a lot from that old guy. The cable tool can be gathered up at about any hardware store.
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Old school at its finest.
Princess Valiant
A.K.A. Rainy Day Auto
And that's how its happened for me, most cv shafts are no trouble but you always run into one that just won't come out without a fight and you never knew which one its going to be.
JDMopar
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My Hillbilly version of redneckery is thinking maybe make something like a torsion bar removal fixture. A couple of U bolts that would go around the axle shaft, thru a piece of angle iron to whack with a hammer. It might knock it out if you have room to do something like that.
I learned at some point that if/when a inner cv joint fails, engine alignment caused it. That seemed to prove out in those 96 Camrys. I know the 2 door had been wrecked but the 4 door hadn't. I know all the lower motor supports were worn out OEM. These engines had a single "dog bone" upper support at right shock tower that failed quite often. The combination allowed the engine to move around good bit before repair.
I replaced a lot of boots on otherwise good inner joints years ago. Dang little GMs with exhaust pipe directly beneath a inner boot. I guess they forgot that heat rises.
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