Ok - I am seriously stumped... Trying to replace tranny side (passesnger) axle. Car is a 92 hatch with gsr motor and itr tranny. I took the old axle out and went to Partsource to buy a new one and trade the core in (first problem - do not have original axle anymore). I got a 94 GSR (non ABS) axle and checked it at the store - looked the same length etc...
Now here is the problem: the axle is about 1" too short... It pops out of the tranny whenever I try to tighten the axle nut. If I push it all the way into the tranny then there is no threads sticking out on the outer side so I cannot put the nut on. NOW - THIS WAS THE SAME LENGTH AS THE AXLE I JUST TOOK OUT!!! WTF!!!

Only thing I can think of is when I initially tried to put it in I used a piece of wood and a hammer to lightly bang it into the transmission. Could this have somehow damaged (shortened) the axle??? I need some help please!!!

 

not likely they probably gave you right axle as far as the part number is concerned but it has a different shaft. what i mean is these axles are massed produced. so they have a bin with nothing but inner cv joints, and a bin with outer cv joints and a bin with just the axle itself so if one is a little OFF they think no big deal but when i am at 8000 rpm and my wheel is hopping more than a one legged man chasing some ***** it kinda is a big deal. that little bit of room does make a big deal of difference. i know i am having to fight with a AZ or autozone as we speak for the same problem. i hope you get it fixed