CV axle replacement

Welcome back:

I'm sorry I couldn't have been more help. Ask them what they did to remove it. I'm interested in knowing.

Take care,
Joe

Just to be clear you are referring to the axle flange bolts I circled correct? Those should be a M10 triple square unless someone changed them or they rusted. They get a lot of crud in them sometimes. It sounds like they may have been loctited in, red will make them almost welded unless you apply heat to them. I would wrap a damp rag around the parts on both sides of the flange, then heat the rear flange, then give the head a good smack with a hammer and either the socket or a swedish pipe wrench or basin wrench style tool that will grip harder as you push on it, most vice grips don't do that and they don't get a good grip on the head either.