mish__

Changed my clutch at a friend's brother in law's house and had to leave once it got really late, then he decides to put everything back together all sloppily to get the car out of his garage. Drove home, turned a corner and heard pop! Went home, jacked the car up and low and behold, the axle popped out, it wasn't put back on right. So, anyone know any good ways to pop it back in? It's hard. I tried putting it in the hole and pushing it in and no luck.

b20hatchek

if it poped out then chances are the teeth on the inbored side are messed up and you have to replace the axle

mish__

oh no, the teeth are fine. i took it out to check. just a pain to pop back in

honda_luvr_2000

b20hatchek is right. When an axle pops part way out while driving the splines inside the diff tend to knarl the splines on the end of the inner joint (the small section of splines about the thicknes of this letter "W" before you get to the circlip).
The easiest way to get the axle back in (if the splines are not messed up) is to take off the wheel, undo the lower ball joint, lift up on the knuckle to keep from banging the lower ball joint against the lower control arm, and (using the weight of the knuckle as a hammer) swing it repeatedly inward toward the transmission until the inner joint is fully seated into the diff.
Two warnings: first make sure you have the circlip on the end of the inner joint still; second don't pull the knuckle too far back away from the transmission or you could pull the inner joint apart. It is possible to put back together & as long as you haven't torn the boot it's fine, but it can be a very big pain in the butt to get back together.

mish__

it looks fine to me.
it was not put on right the first time when this guy tried to put it on.

b20hatchek

wheres the ring on the end? i cant remember what its called but i dont see it on the axle and thats why it prolly poped out because that ring is on their to prevent the axle from poping out

mish__

when i took the axle off. it was almost hanging off the tranny. so i popped it back in the tranny, should i take it out and put it back on the axle? even when i did that. it was still being lame.

b20hatchek

ok dude i have a horrible headache right now so im try'n here, did you take it off? if so yes put it back on and what do you mean it was still being lame?

mish__

this "dude" has *****. Sorry. thanks for helping. but, putting it back on. lame as in... even with it on the axle, it was still difficult to push in. a lot of people suggest putting the axle back onto the hub and using that to hit it in, but that doesn't sound right.

b20hatchek

whoops then maby we need to meet so i can help you out lmao alright back on topic, yeah you can use the hub but i never have, yeah it can be a pain in tha a$$ but just use the malot and a little muscle hehe jk and it will go in trust me same sh*t happen tome when i was replacing the axles on my civic

murdered sol

looks like the splines are messed up on the end like honda lvr 2000 said... If I remember correctly, the splines after the circlip should look like the ones before it