MINI Stranded us!! Half Shaft Axle and CV joint replacement DIY 2012 MINI

Hi Everyone, Well,… Our 2012 MINI Roadster (R59) (Manual) stranded us with a broken front left half-shaft axle and CV joint. In this video, I go through replacing the entire half shaft and then, at the end we dig into the broken part to see just why it failed. It is a little disappointing that with less than 25K miles and about five years old it had a failure of this type. At first I thought it was the transmission, but I was happy to find out it was just the axle. The OEM part for this is over $800! Can’t imagine what it would cost to get this done at the dealer… I used an aftermarket OEM equivalent part that I had bought and shipped from AutohausAZ for $80! It fit perfectly and has been great. It is an easy job and doesn’t require any fancy tools. Since the repair involves losing a little bit of transmission fluid, I have a video on changing the fluid coming out very soon. The Axle Assembly part number is: 2D-31608605467 We hope you enjoyed the video. If you did, please give it a “Thumbs up” and Subscribe to Heidi and Franny’s Garage for more videos to come. Also, click the little “Bell” by the Subscribe button to get notified when we release new videos – usually Saturday mornings. We do lots of types of videos on this channel: Vlogs, How To/Hacks/DYI, Travel, Events, etc. Check out some of the other videos we have on our channel. Thanks so much for watching! The Cameras and Equipment we use: Main Shooter: Panasonic Lumix G85 (https://goo.gl/geSFpN) Main Shooter Lens: (https://goo.gl/RsHkkF) Car Cameras: Sony FDR-X3000 (https://goo.gl/P6XdYZ) GoPro Hero 5 black (https://goo.gl/kjjr31) Car Mounts: Fat Gecko Camera and Camcorder Mount (https://goo.gl/zqCHvT) Fat Gecko Camera Mount (https://goo.gl/AXQAr6) Fat Gecko Mount (https://goo.gl/RhyXYT) Drone: DJI Mavic Pro and Kit (https://goo.gl/jQbk9V) Stabilizer for mobile phones and action cams: DJI Phone Camera Gimbal OSMO MOBILE, Black (https://goo.gl/Acr1jg) Special thanks to: Chung Dha: (https://www.youtube.com/user/chungdha ) For his Great Adobe Premiere Presets! Music in bumper provided by: BACK IN SUMMER by Nicolai Heidlas Music https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/sGsC98vR4Q4 Thanks for the awesome music!! Heidi and Franny's Garage. Disclaimer: Due to factors beyond the control of “Heidi and Franny’s Garage”, We cannot guarantee against improper use or unauthorized modifications of this information. “Heidi and Franny’s Garage” assumes no liability for property damage or injury incurred as a result of any of the information contained in this video. Use this information at your own risk. “Heidi and Franny’s Garage”recommends safe practices when working on vehicles and or with tools seen or implied in this video. Due to factors beyond the control of “Heidi and Franny’s Garage”, no information contained in this video shall create any expressed or implied warranty or guarantee of any particular result. Any injury, damage, or loss that may result from improper use of these tools, equipment, or from the information contained in this video is the sole responsibility of the user and not “Heidi and Franny’s Garage”. Music in bumper provided by: BACK IN SUMMER by Nicolai Heidlas Music https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/sGsC98vR4Q4