Hello,

I just replaced the drive axles on my sisters car (1990 anniversary edition accord, automatic). They worked fine for about three days and then car stopped moving and the trans made grinding type noises. Didnt know what the problem would be, thought it was the trans. I have a friend who owns a transmission shop , so I towed it over to him. He told me the axle probably popped out because I didnt have it far enough in. I told him I was pretty sure that they were in as far as I could get them. So I jacked it up and tried getting them in further with no luck. I asked him if he would then look at it. He could not get them in any further, so he took them out and got a different set from autozone(thats where the first set were from), they were different part numbers, and he said he could not get them to stay in the trans. He told me he wasnt sure what to do next. So here I am, seeing if anyone out here has ideas. I have had a 84, 85 and a 90 prelude and have changed the axles in all of them and never had a problem. The motor and trans were replaced and have about 110,000 miles on them. Car has about 210,000 miles on it. He said the strut towers were not moving and the other joints had no play. Motor mounts seemed good as well. Im pretty sure I replaced one or two motor mounts when I did the head gasket a year and half ago. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Spencer
racerspen@yahoo.com

 

Just make sure the axle clips are in good shape and then check to see if there is anything inside the diff that is preventing them from going in further.