{"id":34938,"date":"2016-07-11T12:56:47","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T17:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=34938"},"modified":"2016-07-11T12:56:47","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T17:56:47","slug":"axle-shaft-2004-honda-crv-lx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/07\/axle-shaft-2004-honda-crv-lx","title":{"rendered":"Axle Shaft 2004 Honda CRV, LX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34948\" src=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2004-honda-crv.jpg\" alt=\"2004 Honda CR-V\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2004-honda-crv.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2004-honda-crv-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Replaced left front \u00bd axle and ball joint. Now during reassemble, I can&#8217;t get the ball joint &#8216;stem&#8217; back into lower control arm &#8216;hole&#8217;. The strut moves outward (to side) as I jack brake assembly up. YouTube vids show guys doing this without much trouble.. I used a cable winch to pull strut inwards (towards engine) Not too successful, looks like I&#8217;m doing something wrong..shouldn&#8217;t need massive force. FYI, I removed torsion rod, but not the steering control arm.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>RESPONSE<\/p>\n<p>Something is binding. It sounds like you may not have gotten the new axle seated all the way in. Either in the transmission or in the <a href=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/hub-bearing-wheel-bearing.html\">hub bearing<\/a>. Should not need a jack on the brake assembly to get it into the lower control arm. You should have the car supported on jack stands, then jack up the control arm into place.<\/p>\n<h2>2004 Honda CR-V Axle shaft installation<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<div id=\"wppdfemb-frame-container-0\" style=\"-webkit-overflow-scrolling:auto;\">\n\t\t\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?index=1&#038;pdfID=0&#038;pdfemb-serveurl=%2F%2Fwww.freeautomechanic.com%2Fmechanic%2Fforum%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsecurepdfs%2F2016%2F07%2F2004-honda-cr-v-front-driveshaft-installation.pdf\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"wppdf-emb-iframe-0\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-pdf-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"pdfembed-iframe nonfullscreen\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"border:none;width:100%;max-width:500px;min-height:500px\"\n\t\t\t\tscrolling=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t<\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Replaced left front \u00bd axle and ball joint. Now during reassemble, I can&#8217;t get the ball joint &#8216;stem&#8217; back into lower control arm &#8216;hole&#8217;. The strut moves outward (to side) as I jack brake assembly up. YouTube vids show guys doing this without much trouble.. I used a cable winch to pull strut inwards (towards&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/07\/axle-shaft-2004-honda-crv-lx\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Axle Shaft 2004 Honda CRV, LX<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13730,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[10652,10670,10669,10531],"class_list":["post-34938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-honda","tag-axle-shaft","tag-axle-shaft-installation","tag-axleshaft","tag-cr-v"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Axle Shaft 2004 Honda CRV, LX - FreeAutoMechanic Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Replaced left front \u00bd axle and ball joint. Now during reassemble, I can&#039;t get the ball joint &#039;stem&#039; back into lower control arm &#039;hole&#039;. The strut moves\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/07\/axle-shaft-2004-honda-crv-lx\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Axle Shaft 2004 Honda CRV, LX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Replaced left front \u00bd axle and ball joint. Now during reassemble, I can&#039;t get the ball joint &#039;stem&#039; back into lower control arm &#039;hole&#039;. The strut moves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/07\/axle-shaft-2004-honda-crv-lx\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FreeAutoMechanic Advice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/freeautomechanic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-11T17:56:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2004-honda-crv.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"walter4\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"walter4\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Axle Shaft 2004 Honda CRV, LX - FreeAutoMechanic Advice","description":"Replaced left front \u00bd axle and ball joint. Now during reassemble, I can't get the ball joint 'stem' back into lower control arm 'hole'. The strut moves","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/07\/axle-shaft-2004-honda-crv-lx","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Axle Shaft 2004 Honda CRV, LX","og_description":"Replaced left front \u00bd axle and ball joint. Now during reassemble, I can't get the ball joint 'stem' back into lower control arm 'hole'. The strut moves","og_url":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/07\/axle-shaft-2004-honda-crv-lx","og_site_name":"FreeAutoMechanic Advice","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/freeautomechanic","article_published_time":"2016-07-11T17:56:47+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2004-honda-crv.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"walter4","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"walter4","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/07\/axle-shaft-2004-honda-crv-lx#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/07\/axle-shaft-2004-honda-crv-lx"},"author":{"name":"walter4","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/#\/schema\/person\/7df1f9b3b8534f2c9aef617578b4384d"},"headline":"Axle Shaft 2004 Honda CRV, LX","datePublished":"2016-07-11T17:56:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/07\/axle-shaft-2004-honda-crv-lx"},"wordCount":167,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/#organization"},"keywords":["axle shaft","axle shaft installation","axleshaft","CR-V"],"articleSection":["Auto Repair Questions","Honda"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/07\/axle-shaft-2004-honda-crv-lx#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/07\/axle-shaft-2004-honda-crv-lx","url":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/07\/axle-shaft-2004-honda-crv-lx","name":"Axle Shaft 2004 Honda CRV, LX - FreeAutoMechanic Advice","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-07-11T17:56:47+00:00","description":"Replaced left front \u00bd axle and ball joint. Now during reassemble, I can't get the ball joint 'stem' back into lower control arm 'hole'. The strut moves","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/07\/axle-shaft-2004-honda-crv-lx#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/07\/axle-shaft-2004-honda-crv-lx"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/07\/axle-shaft-2004-honda-crv-lx#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Axle Shaft 2004 Honda CRV, LX"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/","name":"FreeAutoMechanic Advice","description":"Ask a Car Mechanic Questions for Free","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/#organization","name":"FreeAutoMechanic Advice","url":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-auto_repair_questions.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-auto_repair_questions.jpg","width":250,"height":81,"caption":"FreeAutoMechanic Advice"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/freeautomechanic","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/freeautomechanic"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/#\/schema\/person\/7df1f9b3b8534f2c9aef617578b4384d","name":"walter4","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/58ee125295065240914121d9b42e4bba.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/58ee125295065240914121d9b42e4bba.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/58ee125295065240914121d9b42e4bba.jpg","caption":"walter4"},"url":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/author\/walter4"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13730"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}