My axle crapped out on me again. iono how, but i got a life time warranty at oreilly. So i finally got the time to get myself another one. I place the cv axle just far enough to where it lines up and then i hammer it with a rubber mallet at the end of the joint to get the snap ring in. This is the result





It's pretty far in but is that in enough? before i put tranny fluid in again. I just want to make sure. Thanks.

This post has been edited by My2Celi: Dec 16, 2006 - 5:12 PM

Can you just slide it back out? When I put in my passenger side, you could feel when it was properly set in place.

i cant pull it out at all, but it just seem like before it would be more in.

Does the rotor and all that assembly go back on fine. If it seems a little tight you can try to tap the end a little, but be careful not to mess up the axle by using a metal hammer. I used a plastic hammer on a board to tap one axle in a little further once.

i drove it today and it seems fine. Except from the starting slow acceleration i can hear something like a rust old door opening

Did you grease everything up when you put it in? Only thing I can think of with my limited knowledge of axle installation.

dont think i need to grease anything, cause its a replacement from oreilly. I should just give up on this car perfections. My celica is a waste of money.

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NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! EVERTHING IS GONNA BE OK, OK!!!!!! just take it apart again(you've already got it right once)grease it up, put it back together and pick up some hot, hot, HOTTIES(our cars aren't fast but things happen fast in them, WOOT) YOU CAN DOOOO ITTTT!!!!!!!!

edit: spelling

This post has been edited by JesterDC: Dec 20, 2006 - 11:30 PM

lol thanks. i got it all the way in the other night, but it makes the same noise as if it was a bad one. Could it be my mounts? errr. iono.

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I dunno, I haven't had any expierience replacing axles, maybe do a search and pm some people who have.