Clamps around a CV joint housing up to 3.75 inches with eight bolts so a slide hammer can shock a seized axle loose instead of beating on the boot or joint.
A CV axle that has sat for years tends to rust into place, either at the hub splines or at the inner joint where it seats into the transaxle or differential. Prying with a bar or hitting the joint with a hammer is how boots get torn, joints get damaged, and transaxle seals get chewed up. This kit gives you something solid to pull on: a steel collar that clamps around the CV joint housing, and a slide hammer that threads into it.
The collar has a 3.78 inch inside opening and eight clamping bolts spaced around it, so it grips the joint housing evenly instead of biting on one side. That covers CV joints up to about 3.75 inches in outside diameter, which includes most passenger cars, light trucks, SUVs, and many ATVs and UTVs. The slide hammer is a 17 inch T-handle unit, so one person can do the job.
On the car: remove the axle nut and separate whatever is in the way at the knuckle, slip the collar over the joint housing, snug the eight bolts down evenly in a cross pattern, thread in the slide hammer, and use short sharp strokes to break the axle free. Check the collar bolts between strokes on a badly seized axle. If you are pulling the inner joint out of a transaxle, install a new axle seal before the replacement shaft goes in.
Everything is heavy steel; the kit weighs about 9 pounds.
| Collar inside opening | 3.78 in (fits CV joints up to about 3.75 in OD) |
| Collar height | 5.9 in |
| Slide hammer length | 17 in, T-handle |
| Clamping bolts | 8, with nuts and washers |
| Material | High-strength steel |
| Fitment | Most cars, light trucks, SUVs, ATVs and UTVs with CV joints up to 3.75 in |
| Weight | About 9 lb |
