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If you don't have the press, or other stuff like gear pullers, try putting the axle between two jaws of a vice, loosely, so that the vice doesn't clamp the axel, just wide enough to not let the cv center part pass through, then use a dead blow plastic/rubber mallet or a piece of wood and regular hammer to whack the axle end, pushing the axle through the cv. Protect your splines! Another way to do this is sort of like a slide hammer, a piece of 2x4 or 4x4 that is longer than the axle, by a good foot or so, place the edge of the wood against the cv joint center at a little bit of an angle, hold both the wood and the axle tight, lift it up in the air a bit and slam the wood against the ground so the weight of the axle is forcing against the wood, which should still be on the cv- center.. Hold on to the axle real tight, so that you don't drop it and mess up the splines on the other end.. If you are not doing both sides, wrap the good CV/boot with a couple plastic bags and tape it up to the axle, probly should do that as soon as you get it off the hub, keeps the dirt/grit out of it while you work on the other end.

The cupped spring washer comes off the same way but you gotta turn the axle often so you don't taco the washer. Most times it's just as hard to get back on, it goes on with the round side facing the axle, so the center of the washer is touching the axle and the outer is touching the cv joint. When you start putting it all back together, and get to the part where the c-clip doesn't go on all the way, use a big socket that fits over the axle but not the c-clip, hammer on the socket or pipe to seat the c-clip back into it's groove, the cupped washer is keeping it from going home, so you gotta use enough hammer force to compress that cupped washer behind the cv joint. There may be a noticeable sharp inside edge of that c-clip. Some have it, some don't.. A slightly rounded off edge. Sharp edge should be facing OUT, towards the end of the axle, rounded off inside edge facing the cv joint, to slip over smoother? if you get it backwards, it may pop out of the groove.