CV removal

[tcubed]

I am replacing a faulty CV joint and need help removing the rear axil. How is the axil detached from the transmision. I presume that it has a keeper of some sort on the axil and a good pry is needed to get it to separate from the transmision. I have tried to do the with a large screw driver and it has not freed itself yet. Worried that I may have it wrong. Help....

[Don-in-Japan]

Trying to remember the CV setup..this a rear engine/RWD setup right?

If so, some of the rears have a roll pin you have to remove to get the cv shaft out. Just worked on a Subaru WRX on which we had to use a long slim punch to drive it out.

Hope this helps.

[Colin]

Sounds about right. Most of the stuff Subaru built in the 80s had those roll pins running through the CVs in the front.