remove tire, remove brake caliper and hang out of way remove brake disc unscrew large nut at axle end remove bolt on lower a frame holds tie rod end spread and must use ball joint fork to separate move to side to pull axle shaft out of transmission reverse to assemble but large nut must be torquerd to 180 lbs do this by leaving dusk cover off but having tire on and car on the ground first side took 4 hrs when i did other side it took 2 hrs
First remove the wheel, second remove the nut on the end of the axle shaft, third remove the bolts that hold the bottom of the strut to the knuckle, fourth pull outward on the knuckle to separate the shaft from it. Finally the shaft should pull out of the transmission.
The easiest way is to drop it from the bottom. Put the car on a lift, remove the drivers side front wheel, brakes and rotor. You may have to unbolt the a arm to remove the half shaft on the drivers side, I can't remember. After you pull out the drivers side half shaft there are only two transmission mounts and the bolts holding it to the engine. I recommend draining the fluids first. The transmission alone is not that heavy but you may want help taking it out.
Pull very hard. That is all.
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THE STARTER SITS RIGHT ABOVE THE POINT WHERE THE DRIVER SIDE HALF SHAFT CV AXLE ENTERS THE TRANSMISSION. YOU WILL HAVE TO REMOVE THE HALF SHAFT TO GET IT OUT.
Don't waste your time taking out the half shaft. Take the few bolts that are holding the rest of the axle and remove the half shaft with the other part of the axle all together. Its a hundred times easier. That's what we did in my 05 RSX type S. when we pulled the trans. out of the car.
Use a die grinder with a cutoff wheel and cut the race in half taking care not to touch the shaft. If the bearing race spun on the shaft and froze on to the shaft chances are the shaft is damaged.
Left and right is when you are sitting in the car. Drivers is left, passengers is right.
Its not that bad of a task just can get a lil messy. You have to remove the wheel first. Then the brake caliper with assemble and then the rotor. Remove the cotter pin from the half shaft (drive shaft). You will have to remove 2 nuts (17mm) and 1 bolt (17mm) from the ball joint. Then you can lift up the whole strut assembley and manuever it so you will be able to back the half shaft out. Once the half shaft is out, you can pry/beat out the wheel bearing (toward the engine). Installation is the reverse of removal.
by separating the lower balljoint and sway bar on that side
Buy a split boot from the parts store- that way you won't have to remove the shaft. As long as you have the half shaft out, why not replace it since there is probably some damage to it from having a damaged boot?
There is an excellent online guide to removing/replacing the Toyota's half shaft on autozone.com's site. This should help anyone replacing virtually any Toyota half shaft. Go to Repair Info - Vehicle Repair Guides and drill down to your year, make and model, Drive Train, Half Shafts.