Trouble getting the front exterior CV joint off the axle

[SamT01]

Greetings!
This is my first post! I have my 2007 WRX donor all torn apart and am working on my donor parts. It's been pretty good sailing up to now or at least until I have tried to remove the front exterior CV joint. The manual says tap it off. It doesn't want to budge. Not sure what I am doing wrong. I have the axle clamped pretty solidly in a vice vertically just as shown in the picture. Any ideas on how to move it off the end? Bigger hammer?
Thanks folks.

[Hobby Racer]

Others have post this here, but once again, The Pipe Trick.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTooPkTAmIk&list=LLDVyHcamyZsfhthcFi84pjg

[aquillen]

Another way...
https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/showthread.php?21943-CV-Joint-Dissy-made-easy&highlight=CVJ+DISSY

[SamT01]

Others have post this here, but once again, The Pipe Trick.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTooPkTAmIk&list=LLDVyHcamyZsfhthcFi84pjg

Really appreciate you guys. The quest is now on for a nice piece of pipe!

Sam Terry

[SamT01]

Thank you!!

[STiPWRD]

Hopefully you have the original OEM axles. If they were replaced at some point with aftermarket ones, those may be very difficult to take apart or possibly unusable.