How To Replace Front Axle Drive Shaft 2002-07 Jeep Liberty
Created on: 2014-01-25
Watch this video to learn how to replace the front axle drive shaft in your 02-07 Jeep Liberty. 1A Auto mechanics will guide you through the job.
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step 1 :Removing the Driveshaft
- Have an assistant hold the driveshaft in place or brace it yourself
- Remove the 8mm bolts at the front of the driveshaft
- Separate the front of the driveshaft from the transmission with a flat blade screwdriver and a hammer
- Remove the 8mm bolts at the rear of the driveshaft
- Separate the rear of the driveshaft from the differential with a flat blade screwdriver and a hammer
- Pull the driveshaft down and out starting from the rear
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step 2 :Installing the Driveshaft
- Lift the new driveshaft into place starting with the rear
- Have an assistant hold the wheels in place
- Insert the 8mm bolts at the front of the driveshaft
- Insert the 8mm bolts at the rear of the driveshaft
- Tighten the 8mm bolts to 12-14 foot-pounds in a crossing or star pattern
Tools needed
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Hammer
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Jack Stands
8mm Socket
Ratchet
Floor Jack
Assistant
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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the front drive shaft on this 2006 Jeep Liberty. The items you'll need for this are an 8mm socket and ratchet, flat blade screwdriver, a hammer, jack and jack stands, and a second person isn't required but it does make this a lot easier.
The front drive shaft is located right here, and it's held in on either end with a series of 8mm bolts. We'll start off by removing the front 8mm bolts. Using a hammer and a flat blade screwdriver, break that front part free. We'll just fast forward as Don removes the 8mm bolts on the other side. It helps to have another person holding the drive shaft while someone else removes the bolts, but you can brace it yourself. Again, use a hammer and a flat blade screwdriver and break this end free. Then you just pull this down and out.
Take your new drive shaft and feed it back up into place. You want to feed it in the back end first, and push the back end up and over where it's supposed to go. Then feed the front end in. You can now lower that back end down in place. Then you just want to replace those 8mm bolts. We'll just fast forward as Don replaces those and tightens them up. You want to stop the wheel from moving so that this won't turn so you can tighten the bolts up. Have a second person to hold the wheel or brace it some other way just so that it can't move. You want to repeat the process on the other end. Again, we'll just fast forward as Don replaces those 8mm bolts. After you've preliminarily tightened the bolts, go around in a kind of crossing pattern, tighten them to about twelve to fourteen foot-pounds.
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