Q: What to do if the CV joint is not able to be removed from transaxle?

asked by on October 04, 2016

I have to change my passenger side CV joint an I am unable to remove the end that goes in the transmissions. What would be your recommendation?

My car has 252000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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