put a new clutch in a 96 acura, driver side axle will not turn

 

did you make sure the axle was seated right? make sure there are no binding issues?

 

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you have to make sure the axle seats

 

well thank you for getting back to me, ill check again in the morning

 

need to either shove it in hard enough that you feel it 'pop' in or wack it with a big enough dead blow hammer that it sets. if that clip ring doesn't pop into place the differential won't spin the axle and the car won't move

 

im putting a new cv shaft and going to see if that the problem, it was in so i dont know

 

sounds like the problem to me, easy fix if so. post results after.

 

well the drivers side well turn but not the passenger side, im lost

 

Is the shift lever in gear, or is it in neutral?

Do you have either or both of the vehicle's front wheels off the ground?

 

both wheels are on jack stands and i put in gear an only one side turns

 

What happens when the lever is in NEUTRAL?

 

nothing

 

and its a stick

 

if you put a car on jackstands with a full slip diff, only one tire will turn. while in neutral, try and choc the wheel that turns, see if the other does when you put it in gear.

 

"Nothing"? That's impossible.

When you try and turn the wheel that won't turn, WHAT DOES IT DO?
1) Is the wheel locked in place solidly, like it was glued in?
2) Does it rotate a little bit, but hit something hard at each end of the arc?
3) If #2, can you hear/feel anything inside the transmission trying to move?
4) If #2, how much rotation is there? Measure in inches at the tread.

 

Are u sure u installed the clutch the right way and did u have an alignment tool to align the clutch properly?

Stock tranny only spins one side and that's passenger side so check ur clutch again.

 

yes i use a alignment tool

 

nothing happen when my car is in
neutral

 

Set it down, crank the car, and see if it drives.

 

so i put it down and tryed to put it in reverse and it made a loud metal on metal sound and felt like it was binding

 

Ouch!! I think u should either take ur axle back out and inspect the splines, or take it tranny back off and inspect it

 

ill take the tranny off again

 

It sounds like your axle isnt seated. The grinding noise was your spline grinding in the diff.

When they say jack up the car with both wheels in the air in neutral, theyre asking you to manually rotate one tire. The other side should spin the opposite direction. If it doesnt it means an axle isnt seated.

I did the same thing once. I had it in reverse, it moved back. Put it in gear and heard a loud grind then nothing. Hammered the axle in and it snapped in, and everything was all good after

 

fairly sure this is it

did you install new snap rings on the axles or at least bend your old ones out a little so they clip in place. there is a solid thud that gets made on the passenger side and the driver side you can seat while off the car since it slides on the half shaft

 

well i was driving it and the new cv axle broke and the low ball joint grrrrrrrr so there is a problem on my passenger side