[Hugh R]

Don't know your car, but get some brake cleaner spray and spray the hex head bolts on the 1/2 shafts, and get a NEW allen head socket and make sure you seat it in well before unbolting each 1/2 shaft. If you do work on the 1/2 shafts search and read the Ultimate CV Joint thread, long but well worth it. Especially Grady Clay's insight. Especially on reinstallation, DO NOT use anti-seize on the bolts, if anything, use Locktight. Spray the holes with brake cleaner to get ALL grease out of the CV joints and the threads in the tranny/hubs. Use a NEW allen head socket again. Retorque at 100 and 500 miles and annually thereafter. If those puppies come loose at speed, the damage they will do in one second will drop your jaw.

Note to self, when changing the oil over the holidays, retorque the CV joints.