Had Quaife installed at a shop the other day. They had trouble pushing the axle on the drivers side back into the tranny. It seemed to be stuck half way in. The other side went in fine. This is on a g3 GSR.
They started banging the crap out of the hub (spindle) to push the axle into the tranny. Is this normal? They eventually got it to go in all the way after 1/2hr or so, but I was wonder if it was a good idea to bang the hub like that because it would seem that his might damage the CV joints? The hub also seemed to bang into the knuckle and other components. Anyone had this much trouble with the axle after a Quaife install? Could it be something in the Quaife that it didn't allow the axle to go in smoothly?

 

They should slide right in... A few ideas:

Messed up spline on that side? Probably on the half-shaft, possibly in the Quaife but not likely.

On my H22A1, there are little ring clips on the half-shaft splines which keep the axles from backing out. Maybe one is messed up?

The only other (ugly) thing might be that it's the wrong Quaife, but then I'd expect both sides to not fit.

 

thanks,
You can have the wrong type Quaife and drive around with no problems (I 've done 130mi. so far)?

So you 're actually saying the axles should slide right in without much force? Actually the driver's side didn't require much force, just a little pushing, but the mechanic also kept jacking up (and down) the motor with this tall jack. I guess he was trying to find the right height where he 'd get the shaft even with the hole in the tranny so they would slide right in? I though it 'd never go in.

The thing that scared me the most is that this guy never torqued anything when putting my tranny back together after the Quaife install. He said he always uses a pneumatic gun and goes by feel!

 

My axles just slid right into my quaife after installing it. I did have to tap them with a 4lb hammer, but it didn't take much. If the mechanic didn't line up the splines properly, it might take a while to get them to go together. It can be a little tough to line up the splines sometimes, but it probably shouldn't take like half an hour and a ton of banging. I guess if it's holding and the wheel bearing is ok and stuff it might be ok, but if you're paranoid I'd pull the axle and take a look at everything. And I've heard that experienced engine builders can torque stuff by feel, but I'm pretty sure they don't use impact guns. Fortunately, as far as i know, there isn't much that can be damaged by overtorquing (that wouldn't be immediately obvious) if he was just dropping in a quaife, but it sounds like you might not want to go back to that mechanic unless he's really cheap and only doing something really simple. Just my .02

 

as far as the torque..yeah some dmg can happends..usually when u losen the bolt..sometimes it takes the thread w. it or the bolt will break..u should check all the specs on the tranny anyways..its the tranny..something that should not be overlook..check it so u wont have any doubt...

 

check what? Take the tranny down again, take it apart, and check the torque on every bolt? they had that tranny completely dismantled to install the Quaife. I 'll take my chances now I guess..