Replacing inner CV boot, tripod stuck on cv shaft.

As title says, i'm replacing my inner cv boots as one is ripped and the other is about to.

I've gotten one cv shaft out, and the snap ring removed from the tip but the tripod joint will not come off. I've been using lots of PB blaster, tried using a brass punch at the base to get it loose and still nothing.

Anyone have any tips or tricks to get it off??

 

Press, or make a jig with a large bench vise.

 

ended up pulling the head off a brass hammer i had and using it to pound the tripod off, and then back on once i put the new boot on.

 

Clamp the shaft with whatever you have available and then use a brass drift punch and hammer it off. Pretty sure this is actually the method advocated in the FSM.

Edit: Oops, saw the issue was resolved

 

Did mine over the weekend, had to beat the piss out of both of them.

 

yeah i have access to the service manual and it says brass punch and hammer, but took alot more effort then expected.

 

3-jaw puller?

 

by any chance does any one know the measurements and or parts number for the tripod bearings? I have to replace both inner CV tripod bearings. On both of them one bearing popped off them. Please any info is greatly appreciated! Thanks men and women.

 

***Reviving an old thread,

did you have any luck finding/buying the tripod bearings ?

 

Im encountering the same exact problem. So essentially you just kept beating it with more force and brass punch? The lip of the tripod at the point of contact is starting to make some micro dents so I wasnt sure if I should keep going

 

Yup, brass punch, be brave. A standard triangle file fixes any errors later.

 

I have not done this, but a 3 jaw puller might work.

Like this -- https://amzn.to/3rXV95Y

 

I’d find a tube with an ID slightly larger than the OD of the axle shaft, weld some “wings to it, then use a shop press and push the axle off the tripod.

 

TCCN has a good video. Not Tacoma specific but the general process for Toyotas. Looks like those bearings can be really tough to remove.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH5Cf7uJV5Y&ab_channel=TheCarCareNut

 

I know it’s an old thread but in case anyone runs into this problem in the future…I was able to remove the driver side axle tripod with a punch and hammer. The passenger side was not coming off so I rented a 3 jaw puller at oreillys and that did the trick!

 

If you’re rebooting both ends of the axle, slide the tripod boot on from the cv joint end while that’s off.

 

I couldn’t get the 3 jaw puller to work! Damnit