Axle replacement

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by C Clay, Jan 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM.

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  1. C Clay

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    I hit a deer carcass two weeks ago in the road and have been slow to diagnose what minor noise I was hearing- but I do believe it to be the passenger axle on my 2014. I've never replaced an axle, but watched several videos. I've read that one should have an alignment done after this. Is there anything else to watch out for/do when doing this? This can't be much harder than replacing a wheel bearing, which I have done recently in a Camry, no?
     
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    It's fairly easy to do. Autozone has a tool, it's forked, to put between the axel
    and transmission, then you hammer the too to pop the axel out. Similar to the
    ball joint/tie rod tool. But the frame is in the way, but you put it in a position so
    you can hit the tool sideways to pop the axel out.

     
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    I can usually pop them out with a long pry bar but you've got to have it undone at the lower ball joint at the steering knuckle or the hub so that when you pry it outward something actually moves A lot of people try and pry the axle out and have an undone it at the hub you got to have some play in there You want to undo the big nut first I usually undo the lower ball joint It's a bolt and two nuts I think they're 14's and that allows you to slide the hub off of the axle shaft where you took off the nut and then you can pry it out of the transmission in because now it will move side to side.
     
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