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Hi,

We have a 1990 Legacy wagon that is beginning to need some attention.

I have found answers here to many of my questions. At times I've felt a great (demented?) sense of kinship when reading other's exploits that so closely match my own: e.g., replacing or adjusting anything will often cause the hesitation problem to be prematurely declared "fixed".

I have a long list of questions I would like to ask; however I have a few I need to deal with now.

I am replacing a front axle assembly because of a torn boot and clicking.

I've read several informative cvj /axle posts here but I still have a few questions:

Cvaxles.com (for example) offers a "re-manufactured Constant Velocity Axle" for $55.00.

Is a re-manufactured axle a complete assembly; e.g., does it include grease-packed joints and new boots and clamps, etc., along with the heavy steel shaft?

Also, what additional parts must (or should) be replaced in the process of
replacing the axle?

I have e-mailed cvaxles.com and hope to hear from them but I'd also like to hear from someone who's gone through the process.

Thanks for any & all replies.

Dale

When replacing the axle the only part that is recomended to be replaced is the Nut that holds it on.

A remanufactured axle of high quality (cvaxles.com) replaces everything between the inner cup and outer cup minus the axle itself. The two cups and axle are inspected and destroyed if found to be out of spec.

The axle comes as a complete drop in unit, remove the old one and install the new one.

easy as pie. Unless that is, if you're doing it to a civic wagon and get the wrong amount of splines not one, not two, not three, but FOUR times. its always a good idea to match up the stock cv shaft with the new one to make sure it'll fit right prior to throwing out the old one.

When I did mine, each side came with everything from the diff. to the spindle, including new axle nuts and pins.