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Luke T. Shumaker

Something I miss about the old is how weirdly well it ranked on Google. Like I could dent something like "The factory service manual doesn't mention it, but when removing the passenger-side CV axle on a 2000 you need to unbolt the support bearing (part 22 in the diagram) from the support bracket (part 23)" and somehow that dent would suddenly be in the top 5 results for "2000 infiniti i30 cv axle". On sharing such information feels like shouting into the void.

No really, the manual's step-by-step jumps straight from separating the knuckle to just "Remove right drive shaft from transaxle." (it calls the CV axles "drive shafts"). No mention that the right drive shaft has some more bolts holding it in place!

And I've watched a half-dozen YT videos of people showing how to replace the CV axles on this car. Everyone just shows the left side which doesn't have this step!

(Big thanks to this video of a '97 which is similar enough youtube.com/watch?v=zKSp2Ey_FT )

But I can't figure out how to get a wrench on those bolts without taking the catalytic converter off.