well today i decied to start swapping my ZC from my dead civic to my new found CRX. well i have encountered a few problems and need advice.
As we took the axles from the tranny, we noticed 2 things
1. there is a noise coming from the axles...it's a clicking noise as you spinn the axle. this happedn when spinning both axles, but hard to pinpint. What is this? is it supposed to make this noise? it sounds like putting an old baseball card in between bike spokes as a kid to get that sound.
2. the driver side is in there bad and won't come out. and in the process the axle boot seperates from the spline side. Also the spline will not seperate from the intermediate shaft. it's jammed in there i think. we tried prying it out and it won't come.
As from what i can rember from the accident (isn't much) the car was in 5th when i hit the wall, and after the second hit it was still running. after i stopped and regained consiousness i remeberd turnin off the car.
any tips to what to do? is my tranny fawked? is this why i'm gettign the clicking sound?
as for the setup, it's a 90 ZC with a ZC tranny and intermediate shaft, 90-93 teg axles. please help i am really stumped, this is my 1st swap. and i spent the most of it prying my ZC from my dead civic.

 

I don't know for sure,but what year is the rex?

Check and see if the metal bands that hold the cv boots on the outer cv's are rubbing up against the inside of the spindle.

 

the motor is out of the car and it still makes the sounds. the motor has not been swaped into the crx yet.

 

u should call a shop maybe they can help u like hasport srd someone my friend down in mesa dropped in his own zc into a crx ill try and ask him at school maybe he knows.

 

If your tranny is bone dry, then the differential will sometimes make a clicking noise while turning the axles. Dont know why, but i have seen this a few times.

 

well after the accident i had no leaks and there was fluid in the tranny. casue itleaked out when we pulled the axles.