Front axle on 200

[Richard J Lebens]

Do you have the Bentley manual?  On my 20Valve (may be similar??)  Take
the axel bolt off on the ground, jack it up, take off the tires
separate the ball joint, remove triple square bolts and wrestle it out.
 <<-- abbreviated procedure.  TPC had both (inner & outer) boot kits
(grease boots clamps bolts etc) for under $10  (may have been $15 for
one of them, don't remember).  If your axles are good repacking the
joints is probably a better option (also cheaper) than buying a rebuilt
of unknown quality, parts mix.  All the bolts need to be replaced
including the big axel bolt.


--- powellae at attbi.com wrote:
> Hey friends, I have a blown boot on the right front axle of my 1990
> 200.  The
> manual makes it look like a pretty easy job (get it up on ramps to
> keep weight
> on the wheel, pull one bolt on the outer end, six or so on the inner
> side and
> remove axle) but I'm wary of "gotchas".  Memory tells me the bolts on
> the
> tranny side of the axle are the triple-square type, so I'll need to
> get a
> socket for that.
>
> The big question - once that big bolt is removed from the outer end
> of the
> axle, does the axle normally come out easily or does it take a puller
> or
> pounding to back the axle out of the hub?
>
> Also - does the exhaust pipe have to come down to provide clearance,
> or can I
> work around it?  (Looks marginal, so I thought I'd ask.)
>
> Anything else I need to know about this job?  Local shop wants
> $300,but I can
> do it myself for a $100 rebuilt axle plus the outer bolt, so I'm not
> eager to
> waste $200.
>
> Thanks -
>
> Al Powell


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