By krummenp (12.145.208.12) on Thursday, September 27, 2001 - 10:38 am:

sigh... my karma is out of whack this month. in my front end rebuild I thought it would be a good idea to pull my axles and replace them with the spare axles that I just rebuilt the CV joints on.

I got the original axles out just fine. now I'm trying to get the driver's side axle in, or out. The axle I was putting in had a bit of rust on the shaft that plugs into the differential, I didn't think (didn't think is the problem) that it would be a big deal.

I started to put it in and I got it in except for the last inch. Now I can't get the axle to go either in or out!! I can't get it to budge. I've yanked, I've tugged, I've whacked on it with a hammer, I've tried to use a pickle fork (balljoint fork) to pry it out. Nothing is working.

anybody have any good ideas on what I should try next? everything is done on the car, in terms of the front suspension rebuild, except getting the flippin axle in or out to replace it with the original axle.

I really don't want to have to pull the transmission. so, anybody have any good ideas?

thanks, yet again,
Paul

By ddechon (12.78.117.25) on Thursday, September 27, 2001 - 03:09 pm:

Soak the part that is stuck with "Liquid Wrench." WD-40 or other thin oils should also work in the same way. It's made to disolve and lubricate rusty parts and make disassembly easier. Spray it on several times during the night and try it again the next day.

HOWEVER!!! You don't want too much of that stuff in your tranny.

Maybe you can lube it from the inside by rotating the gears in the transmission. If you add some fluid to your empty tranny it might cover the axle and make things easier.

Darrell

By Paul Krummenacker (216.26.39.192) on Saturday, September 29, 2001 - 01:20 pm:

finally got it out, I had to get a piece of square steel tubing, slip it down from the top of the motor, and get it between the tranny and CV joint, and using leverage it popped out. the old axle went in nicely so now I'm putting it all back together and should be on the road by tonight!

Paul

By errol (64.12.105.151) on Sunday, September 30, 2001 - 06:39 am:

Hey Paul, check to see if the end is for a manual or auto! or if it's from the right model honda (and shame on you, Rust is NEVER good in Any lubricated assembly)....And while in there, replace the oil seals in the tranny!

By paul krummenacker (216.26.39.192) on Sunday, September 30, 2001 - 09:07 am:

I know the axle is from an manual, I pulled it from the '79 I parted out. just seems like a little bit of rust was keeping it from sliding all the way in.

I buttoned it all up last night an backed it out of the garage. dropped it in first and just heard a buzzing clicking noise. seems I didn't get the passenger side shaft clicked all the way into the differential. sigh... I'm just heading out front to jack it up and see if I can get it to click in. I just didn't give it enough of a push in when I replaced the axles I guess.

and yes, I did replace one of the axle seals that was leaky, the other one looked nice a tight still.

By Paul Krummenacker (216.26.39.192) on Sunday, September 30, 2001 - 03:08 pm:

hmmmm... figured it out, seems the axle nut wasn't tightened up all the way, or so I thought...

gee... I don't know why something I bought sight unseen off Ebay, that came in an already opened box would be anything other than what it was sold as... DOH!!

seems the CV joints I bought off Ebay that were labled for a Honda Accord are a whole 2mm smaller in diamater on the shaft that sticks inside the hub. I could tighten the bejezzus out of the axle nut, then as soon as I put any torque on the wheel driving it down the driveway, the axle shaft would spin inside the hub.

good thing I'm a pack rat and I hadn't tossed the old axle (which there was nothing wrong with it, it just seemed to be a good idea to replace it with an axle with new CV joints).

so I jacked the car up, pulled the strut out, slipped the 'new' axle out and shoved the new axle back in it's place.

all seems well now, car drives ok, going to give it a test out driving to the movies.

p