Me and my friend were installing some gr2's with eibach sportline on my car the other day. We started on the rear since i heard it was harder to work on. We finished it with in about 2 hours. So then we moved on to the front left of the car and were going at a steady pace. We first unbolted the shock then the a-arm. When we took off the a-arm the the whole thing started falling(brake, shock, a-arm etc..) While it was falling I heard a weird noise as if something was leaking. Then I noticed that the axle came out maybe about an inch from the CV boot. I tried pushing it back in but then it locked up. So now i can't move it at all. Now my car sits on the drive way on jack stands waiting for it to be fixed. I'll appreciate some help which I'm desperately in need of. Thanks for the help...

 

Sounds like the axel bent down to far and the spider bearings came loose. If they came out far enought, more than likely the fell out and thats why you cant push the axel back in. Your gonna gave to take it out and put it all back together.

 

Thanx for the help. If anybody can help me with the step by step. I'll greatly appreciate it.

 

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HELP!!!

 

its easy just remove the huge nut in the middle of your rotor, pull it out of there first and then pull it out of the transmission or half shaft depending on the side.

 

Yup; play with it by wiggling with it trying to get it back in first, but don't be too forceful. If that fails. Do like 95 lude said and pull out the axle

 

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definetly try to play with it first before removing it. I had the same thiing happen when i did my suspension. Make sure everything is lined up to fit back in, then try to push it back in. If that still doesn't work, have a friend move the steering wheel slightly while you are pushing. It only took me about 10 mins of messing with it before i got it back in.

 

I think mine popped out today on my "maiden voyage", ironically.