accord99power

My cv axle poped out of my manual tranny on the passenger side. can you look at this picture and tell me if the splines after the keeper clip is suppose to be smooth like in the picture or splined like the rest on the input splines before the clip? thanks alot.

AccordVT

As long as you use a new clip and the main portion of the splines look good (which they do to me) then you should be fine. I'm assuming the tranny has alot of miles on it? I think they are worn from being in the differential and having high mileage on the axle/tranny. When you put it in with a new clip, make sure the axle snaps into the tranny fully and you give it tug outward, should only move a 1/16th to an 1/8th of an inch.

Now you say it...popped out..like on it's own? That is a major problem.

AccordVT

Take a picture from the side so we could see the height difference between the main spline section and the ones at the tip?

accord99power

no i just did a clutch job, popped out about 50 ft after driving. tranny has 85k miles on it.
heres another pic, thanks alot for the reply, the parts guy said theres splines on both sides of the clip, but he is just a parts guy

accord99power

bump.... really need to find out if the end of the splines are suppose to be smooth or not like in the pictures, about to order another axle soon. thanks for your time!

92civlude

This axle is TRASH!

nysdriver

I took a look at my old passenger-side axle (it's an mt 1992 accord, but I don't think it matters here). The difference in diameter between the main splined section and the end section is only about 0.3 mm, and splines also look pretty much the same.

I am going to agree with 92civlude -- you are going to need at least a new inboard joint; the thing is that it is this end section of the shaft that keeps the axle locked in (courtesy of the keeper clip); and with this much wear, no wonder that your axle popped out.