Are the axles supposed to go in deeper?

Driver side….


Passenger side…


I took them out a while ago, and just got to putting them in this evening.
They don’t seam to go in as deep as I though they would.

Is that gap normal?
Does anyone have any pictures of what it’s supposed to look like?

P.S.
This is on a D16Y8

 

They need to go deeper

 

The axle in the picture is not all the way in. When you are putting them in you will need to push a bit untill you feel the axle pop in. There is a bit of a gap but it is not very noticeable when then axle is all the way in.

 

pull that bitch out a lil bit, and ram it in and out until it clicks in there. trust me,

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by minime-civic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">pull that bitch out a lil bit, and ram it in and out until it clicks in there. trust me, </TD></TR></TABLE>

thats what i do

 

I'll try, I'm just afraid of breaking the wrist pins.

 

breaking a wrist pin
i'm surprised that's never come up with my sledge hammer approach.

 

What are you talking about, wrist pin? You're not working with pistons, you're working with axles! You're probably talking about the snap rings...you have to put some *** behind those axles to get them in!

 

no luck yet, but I'm still trying.

 

When I do my axles I always undo the upper ball join and them I put the axle in the hub and use the knuckle to "hammer" the axle in

 

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ii do that too but i use a rubber mallet to beat the sob's in. ull hear the click. if u cant get um in ur not trying hard enough. lol

 

Push it in as hard as you with your hands, if not try putting the hub back through then force it in with the hub. Worked for me.

 

I finally got it in.

practiced a couple of times on my spare transmission with a spare axle, and once I got the hand of it, I managed to pop them in my car with very little effort.

Thanks everyone

 

Put the axle nut on the hub end and hold the axle straight. Then use a hammer to hit the axle nut and it should go right in.

 

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put a block of wood before you hammer and metal to metal contact. and give this a try. cause they are not in all the way like they are supposed to

good luck.

 

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