Hi all
does anyone know how to remove broken half shaft from cv joint on a td5 defender? it has broken inside so there is nothing to hold onto, thought about trying to weld a bar inside there so i can then hold onto it to knock it out but not sure whether it will weld hmmmmm

Welding EN19 - Welding Engineering Steels

thanks for that, seems like complicated for a newbie like me, i wonder if the cv joint can be taken apart to remove it? tried drilling a screw into it but no success

There is a spring clip holding it into a groove on the CV, but hold it with the broken end down and tap the CV joint from the top with a hammer (don't batter it senseless).

Or, broken end down tap it against a big piece of wood to try and shock it out.

It MIGHT come out - but probably not.

I would get a gooood drill bit, get it into the vice or ideally the pillar drill and drill the middle of the shaft - I'd then go about screwing something into it and making a slide hammer arrangement to hoick the broken piece out.

Or, maybe a new CV joint to be honest - by the time you fill the CV with metal it's going to need a jolly good cleaning!

cvs can be taken apart ,by forcing spider over as in full lock but further till balls can be removed one by one