I’m with Tester on this. Restrict the broken shaft from turning and you’ll get drive on the other good wheel.
Going by the pics I’d just ratchet-strap that inner joint to the subframe and sway-bar (I think that’s the subframe or maybe lower wishbone in the pic) making sure to circle the strap around the shaft a couple of times to stop it turning. Even without a strap, try rope.
The only prob is the section of shaft going to the wheel flailing around as it rolls. You’ll need to either remove that section by sliding it inwards or somehow created a sling from several angles.
Only other risk is overheating the diff in the transaxle but won’t happen at 5mph.
“Easier said than done” applies to every job on a car. Unfortunately for some it’s also a case of easier disputed than tried.
3 or so turns around the shaft & joint with a ratchet strap will do it. More if inclined, it’s not rocket science to leverage friction.
I’m not seeing it-the friction between the strap and the small diameter shaft would be pretty low. And what do you do about the other shaft banging around?
So, I had the car towed to the local Honda dealership. As expected they were very busy, there are regular people driving in who have to wait some half an hour just to check in, then more waiting to speak to the service advisor. In my case, checking in was quicker since I was a special ‘tow in’ case.
Since I have never performed any service at any Honda dealership, I was registered first then given my paper work and told to wait. I knew the wait would be very long, possibly a day or two, so I took the Subway train home.
All in all, it took about 6 hours before I retrieved my car.
Since this is a recall, I didn’t have to pay for anything except for the tow which was 150.
I knew about the recall in December of 2020 BEFORE I had bought the car.
Why had I waited so long? There are several reasons for this:
I hate dealerships and this one seems to get especially bad reviews. However, the mechanic did a competent job: both CV axles were replaced. It’s all those other people who seem to ignore the customers and don’t seem to have their stuff together.
Since the ‘dynamic damper’ hid the rusted corrosion ROT underneath the CV axle, I reasoned that I would be OK if I were gentle with acceleration, in fact the breakage happened at very low speeds, actually when braking (many FitFreak.net users also reported the same.) That rubber ‘dynamic damper’ piece really did hide how bad corroded the cv axle was.
Since I hate dealerships so much, I procrastinated and rescheduled my appointment a total of twice. So, this could have been done and over with as early as May of 2021. I made excuses such as, “well, maybe they don’t have the part yet since the recall was only just announced in December of 2020.” You get the idea, there are certain personalities such as myself who worry and procrastinate. It’s a bad habit one must break. Be a warrior, not a worrier.
One interesting of note is that after the CV axles were replaced, I noticed less “hesitation” when accelerating. When driving, after coming to a stop, I would often wait a second or two before trying to accelerate again, almost as if I was waiting for the transmission to shift to a lower gear first. This was a type of behavior that I always assumed was the transmission, it was a kind of shifting delay.
So, I was quite pleasantly surprised that the car feels more eager to go, after this replacement job.
It’s almost like the old axles had a kind of ‘slop.’ If that makes sense… actually it doesn’t make sense but the difference is real and VERY WELCOME!
I’m glad that you have gotten some better understanding of your personality, and hopefully the reality that you would have saved yourself $150 by being able to drive to the dealership prior to breakage will help you to modify your behaviors.
When my father became very old, he always seemed to conceal worsening medical conditions from us until those conditions became much more severe, and sometimes reached a crisis point. Time and again, I pointed out to him that delaying medical treatment rarely–if ever–results in less extreme medical treatment, but… time and again… he put himself in dire straits by concealing medical problems until it was… almost… too late to save him.
He was too old to be able to modify his behaviors, but–hopefully–you are young enough that you can still modify your behaviors.
I’m very glad that it turned out as well as it did for you!
All in all, it worked out pretty well. $150 spent and no more issues with cv joints for quite a while, most likely. Unfortunately, no cool JB Weld stories to tell your grandkids some day.
Glad this worked out and both axles were replaced. Even with the cost of the tow you’re ahead in the game.
One thing to keep in mind with complaints is this. The vast majority of complainees simply do not understand mechanicals or policies and most will twist their words to deflect blame.
A few times recently I dug around on the BBB site and read some of those complaints. A sample…
Complaint over a faulty engine in a Civic which had a rod bearing failure. The flywheel and clutch were cooked and the event data recorder showed 1800 RPM over the red line.
Subaru WRX. Blown engine. Event data recorder showed well over 8k RPM when it expired.
20 year old GMC pickup with 200k miles. The trans died and the owner is upset that GM won’t warranty “their transmission which was bad when they sold it”.
7 year old Focus bought from Carvana. Multiple problems including the trans. Whose fault? FOMOCO.
2 Harley riders complaining because HD warranty won’t fix their problems. One bike is 9 years out of warranty and the other is 10 years out.
Sorry for the length of this. Just pointing out that complaints can be biased and some downright comical. Those shown here don’t even scratch the surface; and those complainees flat refuse to change their thinking.
I know it’s hard for dealers to stay staffed up but this is a reason we bought at a different dealer last time. There are only three in the Minneapolis area but always had a problem getting an appointment at one. Three days to put a tire on and wait a couple weeks for a part compared to getting in the next day. Yeah service is important.
Wonder what state this is in. That towing charge is awful high; at least compared to here in OK where rates are set by the Corporation Commission. Around here that would have been about 65 dollars.
I can’t even imagine what a 50 mile tow would have cost there.
Might be time to get a AAA policy just in case.
You are correct Volvo-V70. A quick check shows the normal towing fee there is 185 dollars so I guess 150 is reasonable even if it was only a hop, skip, and a jump.
Here in CA $150 would get you a greeting. I always joke that there is never a car repair bill less than $500. Cost of living is high and everyone increases their prices or gets creative.
