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If you know what you are doing it shouldnt take any longer than a couple hours!
how do you replace half shaft on 2992 ford escape
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.
Don't bother trying to replace a torn boot on a half shaft. It is quicker, easier and cheaper to replace the whole half shaft.
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Remove tire, Large bolt on the end the the half shaft, then lower ball joint, then pull the rotor and strut away from the car while pushing the half shaft out of the rotor and using a pry bar between the halfshaft and transmition pry out the axle. Then install new.
Go to NAPA and buy a Repair Manual.
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?
Replace the half shaft.
i recommend getting a haynes or chilton repair manual for your car. itll give you step by step instructions and pictures on how to replace your half shaft and a lot more.
Model Year, 2WD or AWD, And if it is AWD or a 2WD(Front Left-Half shaft) is it your inner or outer? If it is you will need to replace the half-shaft as the inner cv cannot be disassembled.
Trying to fix a cv axle half shaft your self is difficult. Replace it with a rebuilt or new half shaft. The parts to repair yours would cost you more than a complete replacement does.