undertheradar

I'm replacing my drivers side axle as well as the axle seal due to a leak after installing a new tranny, and I can't get teh axle to seat all the way against the seal. There is a 1/4" or so gap, which I believe was there after we installed the new tranny, but I blamed th e leak on a bad seal. Is there soem trick to this? Do I have the wrong axle? It's a a 97 DX Civic with a 95 Ex tranny and the axle is for a 97. I was told they are the same...is this right. Any help is appreciated.

philosofy1

just push the axle in really hard. sometimes the clip gets stuck and you need to push it in all the way so the clip can sit right. what ever you do don't remove the clip, it prevents the axle from sliding out.

undertheradar

I'm pretty sure the clip is engeging because I have to use a screw driver to pop it back out.

Luserkid

Is the other side in the hub? If so get a friend to push on the hub (back and forth motion) and while their doing that your under the car wiggling the axle to go in. With a right hit and wiggle your set.

If that doesnt work take the axle out and stick your finger in there and feel if theres anything blocking it.

philosofy1

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by undertheradar &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'm pretty sure the clip is engeging because I have to use a screw driver to pop it back out.</TD></TR></TABLE>

trust me. if you want eat some spinach then push the **** in and you'll be fine!

jadugartir

I always hold the axle lined up straight, move the wheel hub back and out of the way, and just give it a little tap with a 5 lb hammer... dont whack it so that you tear up the joints, just kiss it enough to knock it in.

undertheradar

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Luserkid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Is the other side in the hub? If so get a friend to push on the hub (back and forth motion) and while their doing that your under the car wiggling the axle to go in. With a right hit and wiggle your set.

If that doesnt work take the axle out and stick your finger in there and feel if theres anything blocking it. </TD></TR></TABLE>


Yeah, it's in the hub. When I feel around in the tranny everything seems fine, but there is a large rod of some sort just beyond the little c clip indent. I feel it spinning when I turn the other axle.

Luserkid

That rod is from your final drive. That means you dont have LSD but if everything before that is fine then put some webols into it.

hatchi

put the axle back in the knuckle then push it in. always worked for me

undertheradar

Well no matter what I did that ****** just wouldn't go any further in. What I did instead was only push the axle seal in about half way, and then snapped the axle in. No leaks so far.

undertheradar

3 days later and 100 iles or so and not a single drop of fluid.


Now I just gotta go around and clean up the oil spots I left at home and work.