On May 24, 3:36 pm, Bill <wtjohns...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I've done this before a number of times but this time I'm stuck. I
> have the old axle out and can't get the new axle in. When I slide the
> axle in it stops just short of the bearing housing starting to fit
> into the bearing mount on the engine. I took the axles out to compare
> if I had gotten the wrong axle and they are identical then I ****ned a
> flashlight into the differential and saw something that doesn't appear
> right. When the differential was out on the bench when the transaxle
> was being repaired it looked as if the two axles slide in and almost
> touch though the driver's side has an internal clip. Well looking
> into the differential I see a metal cylinder down into the
> differential from above, falling between the ends of the two shafts.
> It looks like it is the diameter about the dimension the axle
> insertion is failing by. Did the AAMCO repair go wrong again? Could
> they have left out a clip of some kind preventing that from dropping?
>
> Bill
Turned out to be a flat on the spline. Someone, somewhere, had
ungently put the axle down on a hard surface. Some file work, grease,
and it slipped right in.
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