Are my half-shafts all the way in?
Are my half-shafts all the way in?
I'm currently trying to finish up my auto to manual swap, and these half-shafts are the only thing left to do. I swapped out my auto differential with a manual diff that has the 4.3 final drive and a Tomei/ATS 2-way limited slip.
The shafts came out of the auto diff after a little prying, but trying to get them back in to where they looked like how they did with the auto diff is proving to be a real PITA. I am certain that the c-clips were oriented correctly, unless they managed to move around when pushing the shafts into the diff.
After several good whacks, they've gone in until about 3/8" of the smooth portion of the shaft is exposed. When given a pull the shafts don't just slip out, so I'm hoping that 3/8" is somewhat normal, but I'm not about to put it all back together until I get some sort of feedback.
Attached are pictures of both the driver and passenger half-shafts as they sit now.
tl;dr, Are my half shafts all the way in? And if they aren't, any tips on how to get them all the way in? The FSM doesn't help much.
The shafts came out of the auto diff after a little prying, but trying to get them back in to where they looked like how they did with the auto diff is proving to be a real PITA. I am certain that the c-clips were oriented correctly, unless they managed to move around when pushing the shafts into the diff.
After several good whacks, they've gone in until about 3/8" of the smooth portion of the shaft is exposed. When given a pull the shafts don't just slip out, so I'm hoping that 3/8" is somewhat normal, but I'm not about to put it all back together until I get some sort of feedback.
Attached are pictures of both the driver and passenger half-shafts as they sit now.
tl;dr, Are my half shafts all the way in? And if they aren't, any tips on how to get them all the way in? The FSM doesn't help much.
no they are not in. The metal shield should about cover the brown oil seal lip.
IIRC the half-shafts are retained by a c-clip that snaps into place. On FWD transmissions I've had good luck with this technique:
1) Pull the half shaft and put vasoline on the circlip. Cold vaseline is thicker and works better
2) center the circlip as carefully as you can.
3) Slide the half-shaft in very gently until the circlip stops you.
4) Draw it back out a way and shove it in hard.
If it doesn't lock in repeat the process.
Dave
IIRC the half-shafts are retained by a c-clip that snaps into place. On FWD transmissions I've had good luck with this technique:
1) Pull the half shaft and put vasoline on the circlip. Cold vaseline is thicker and works better
2) center the circlip as carefully as you can.
3) Slide the half-shaft in very gently until the circlip stops you.
4) Draw it back out a way and shove it in hard.
If it doesn't lock in repeat the process.
Dave
Thanks. I just finished a project only to find out the driveshaft just spins and makes horrible noises in gear. Oh yeah it doesn't move forward either 
. I'm a newbie so technique is good! You'll probably save me some busted fingers and children from eviltalk.
. I'm a newbie so technique is good! You'll probably save me some busted fingers and children from eviltalk.
Interesting. I had to use a lot of effort to persuade mine to go back in. Finally a block of wood and a whack from a sledge hammer did the trick. I'm not recommending it--but it worked after all else failed.
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