Ok...so as most of you know my driver's side axle was stuck in my old hubs. I got a 5 ton puller and was able to pull it out with little problems. Nothing was damaged...it is just an old car and with a little rust, it got stuck in there.

Now...I am swaping del sol Si brakes on my del sol S. The axle is having a hard time going into the new hub assembly. I checked for obstructions, and everything looks fine. I lined the teeth up and pushed as hard as I could, and it just didn't want to slide in. I even tried hammering. It doesn't want to go in! I thought maybe the axle's teeth could have been fucked up, but I was able to slide it in two other hubs I had laying around with NO problems.

Any suggestions on getting this axle in? I'm thinking if I pull the hub back off the car and work on getting the axle in it OFF the car, then bolting everything up. Any tips? FYI...the teeth look FINE.

-ryan

 

If it doesn't go in and it was THAT hard to get out, it's probably damaged. I wouldn't risk damaging the new hub... get a new axle.

 

The axle fits in OTHER hubs, so if anything the hub is damaged in one way or another. However...the hub looks fine to me...*shrug*

I need to spend more time on it.
-ryan

 

try greasing up the splines of the axle.

 

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That's what I was thinking of doing next.

-ryan

 

check your hub bearing, thats what happened to me

 

Well I got the axle in the hub but due to the fact that I spent a few days beating on the end of it with a hammer to get it out of the OLD hub...it looks like I damaged some of the threads. Is it worth it to die the threads or should I just buy a new axle?

-ryan

 

TTT...

Should I buy a new axle or die the threads?

-ryan

 

last time...TTT