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There are a few things to check. Engine and transmission mounts replace any broken or perished . 1st gear selector shaft has a indent ball and spring to locate the shaft when in gear, check the spring is not broken. The gear box bearings may be worn giving the drive shaft to much end play. also check gear shift linkage is not worn.
Remove the wheel .remove axle nut. remove wheel hub. place drain pan under housing to catch oil. axle will pull out of housing .remove rubber boots remove wire clip and joint will come apart. you can obtain reconditioned shafts for a little more than the price of the two joints saves a lot of work
The drive shaft has to be removed to replace the rubber boot .you will have to dismantle the CV joint , clean and repack the joint with special grease and fit a new boot.
When you did the ball joints you should have pulled the axles
I would guess that you know the axle nut has to come off & that in most cases you break the bottom ball joint loose, so you can get the axle out of the steering knuckle
So I will guess you can't get the axle out of the trans
You use a long pry par,3 foot or more & put the end against a piece of wood, so as not to pry on the aluminum trans case
Then you pop it out with the pry bar. You don't pry on the axle ,you use the side of the pry bar to bang it with the end against the wood
Stick a large screwdriver or prybar between the CV housing and the transmission case, and pop it out. There is a little circlip in a groove near the end of the shaft inside the transaxle. It is there to seat the shaft and prevent it from slipping out during driving.
u have to dismantle the drive shaft from the car. maybe u need little knock to the edge of the cv to split the shaft with the cv. then install the drive shaft in reverse order step.
Easy enough job really, jack car up, put axel stand under. remove wheel - remove hub nut, remove pinch bolt - prise open the pinch bolt part (sorry cant rem name) pop out the hub from the lower arm. Remove CV join from drive shaft. Usually a tap will pop it out.. sometimes theres a circlip that need removing (models vary). Grease up new CV joint - put grease in new boot, pop boot over drive shaft. put cv join on (replace circlip if provided in kit). join cv to hub - attach CV boot fully. fasten hub nut, replace wheel.
done. might need tracking again or aligning once you do this.
After removing the axle assembly, clip the metal band on the large side of the rubber grease boot, slide the boot back on the axle shaft. Pull the outer CV housing and axle stub away from the CV joint. You will find that there is a circlip holding the bearing carrier onto the axle shaft, remove it. Remove the boot.
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