I recently replaced my passenger's side drive shaft. Yesterday, as i was driving down the road, I heard a load noise that I can only describe as a "boing!" noise. I got under the car today and all I could see is the boot on the axle (the one near the knuckle). Below are two pictures I have taken; I apologize for the poor quality. If you look closely you can see that the boots appears to have shifted from its original position. There is a indented ring on the axle that is now visible; I do not remember this ring from before. I believe that the metal band is suppose to rest in the ring, but now it is not. What happened? Is the axle too short?

 

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rockcity, it looks like the joint portion of the axle has shifted past its intended location.
there is a c-clip that holds the joint. im guessing its missing or just broken but cant tell until the boot is removed. if i were you i would remove the axle and return it or exchange it.

either way dont drive on it like that

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by p10hlm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">rockcity, it looks like the joint portion of the axle has shifted past its intended location.</TD></TR></TABLE>

WHAT?????
the joint is there and thats that they won't shift or move ,on the tranny side and at the spindle there's a tri-star with bearings covered by a dust boot/bellow

if it moves theres something seriously wrong with the cv shaft,or diff, maybe the tranny end wasn't in all the way

next time you have a thought ....just let it go

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by beana &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

WHAT?????
the joint is there and thats that they won't shift or move ,on the tranny side and at the spindle there's a tri-star with bearings covered by a dust boot/bellow

if it moves theres something seriously wrong with the cv shaft,or diff, maybe the tranny end wasn't in all the way

next time you have a thought ....just let it go</TD></TR></TABLE>

So, what is the problem and what do i do?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by beana &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

WHAT?????
the joint is there and thats that they won't shift or move ,on the tranny side and at the spindle there's a tri-star with bearings covered by a dust boot/bellow

if it moves theres something seriously wrong with the cv shaft,or diff, maybe the tranny end wasn't in all the way

next time you have a thought ....just let it go</TD></TR></TABLE>

whats not to get, the joint can and will move if the c clip is not there or broken. also does it look like the axle has popped out of the transmission based on that picture.... no.

to the op replace that axle, i already suggested that

and was the "next time you have a thought just let it go" directed towards me?

 

thanks for the reply. the axle was not removed from the tranny, but I will try and replace the axle none the less