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had a accadent need to fix control arm half shaft tie rod fander and door
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First with car on ground you'll have to losen the axle nut, then the lug nuts then apply the Ebrake, chock the rear wheel, then jack up and place on stands. Next remove the brake caliper asymbly and rotor mainly to relieve some weight from the hub asymbly next provided your control arm has been replaced on that side, you'll have to losen the ball joint nut, if the control arm is original you have to replace that as well as the ball joint. The balljoints come pressed in from the factory and will not be able to be removed from the control arm with a conventional pickel fork. You'll have to remove the sway bar link as well as the tie rod end and the bolt that hold the strut to the hub asymbly, you will need to pull the bolt out that's towards the rear of the engine that holds the control arm in place. And take a hammer and pound the hub asymbly up a little bit to get the old half shaft out of the bareing asymbly. You may need to pound the half shaft out of the bareing asymbly with a hammer, next step will be to remove the half shaft from the transmission , you will need a pry bar for this preferably a curved one. When you put the new half shaft in the transmission be very careful to align the splines up, once you have it aligned shoved it in hard, there is a lockring on the half shaft that will lock it into to the transmission, basically everything from there is reverse of what you already did. If you have to replace the balljoint and control arm in the process you'll need a ball joint puller/press. You can rent one with a deposit at most auto parts store including O'Reillys or auto zone for around $100 that you'll get back apon returning that tool. Oh and a trick to the most frustrating part about the job is get the ball joint stud in the lower control arm before you put the bolt closest to the rear of the engine back in the control arm, it is almost impossible to do this by yourself, I strongly recommend getting help with this step, because after you put the balljoints through the stud hole in the lower control arm you will have to push the control arm up and hold it in place to get the bolt back in. You'll need a torque wrench to tighten the axle nuts down properly. Hope this helps. Youtube is a great resource for videos pertaining to this replacement, you may not be able to find your exact vehicle but almost all the videos will give you a general idea of what your looking at.