Also Not sure if it has been stated but use a Ice pick to clean out
the Socket for the 8pt or Allen head bolt to get max grip!!
The more bite you get on it the better!
Jonce

At 11:47 AM 2/19/2012, Mike B. wrote:
>What do you need to know?  My addendum there didn't skip any of the
>necessary info, just some fluff.  They key here is to get those things
>out in the daylight where you can clamp vice-grips on the cv bolt heads,
>if the internal wrenching splines are stripped (or before you strip
>them!).  If you're repacking cv's you need the axle removed at both ends
>anyway.  I'm just advocating the additional removal of the big axlenuts
>to make it all "easier".
>
>Mike B.
>
>
>On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 10:39 AM, J Stewart wrote:
>
>>Well, I did it to myself (someone even cautioned me about this) , back
>>between Christmas and New Years I pulled my dash to replace my locked
>>up front blower motor, not a fun job! I stated here on this list that
>>the next job, left side CV joints was next and it would be a piece o'
>>cake compared tot the blower motor. I did the right axle last summer
>>and it was not a bad job, however this morning on the very first CV
>>bolt I tried to remove from the outer joint I managed to round it out.
>>I even cleaned inside the bolt head with a pick and tapped the hex
>>head socket into head of the bolt to seat it as far as possible, and
>>it still stripped out-no need to go further at this point. I went to
>>"Been There, Done That" and found the write up on CV joints with an
>>addendum by Mike B. on removing the outer 46mm nut on the axle, yada,
>>yada, yada. He says this is the "short version" of how to do this, and
>>I'm not quite getting it-where can I find the "long version"? Not sure
>>now if this is a job I'm going to finish today, it being Sunday and I
>>am not off work tomorrow, it's beginning to look like a Saturday
>>morning job for next weekend. TIA for any advice.
>>
>>
>>
>>Jeff Stewart