Hi, I'm a newbie around here, looking for some guidance. My vehicle is a 1990 turbo-diesel wagon.
Background is that I wore the splines off the outer RH axle and drive flange and lost drive. So I've ordered a cv joint/inner axle sub-assembly, new drive flange and all the gaskets. Dismantled and cleaned everything OK, and reassembly went OK up to this bit: when I refit the circlip on the outer end of the cv joint, the inner axle no longer reaches the diff, so there's no drive.
The only parts changed other than gaskets are the cv joint assembly and the drive flange. The cv joint has about 1-2mm of end float with the circlip fitted, and if I remove the drive flange I can push it in so that it engages with the diff. The diff is fine, at least no broken bits in the oil and looks OK through the axle housing.
Any ideas?
Note that I forgot to measure the old shafts before throwing them out.
Cheers, Kevin
Background is that I wore the splines off the outer RH axle and drive flange and lost drive. So I've ordered a cv joint/inner axle sub-assembly, new drive flange and all the gaskets. Dismantled and cleaned everything OK, and reassembly went OK up to this bit: when I refit the circlip on the outer end of the cv joint, the inner axle no longer reaches the diff, so there's no drive.
The only parts changed other than gaskets are the cv joint assembly and the drive flange. The cv joint has about 1-2mm of end float with the circlip fitted, and if I remove the drive flange I can push it in so that it engages with the diff. The diff is fine, at least no broken bits in the oil and looks OK through the axle housing.
Any ideas?
Note that I forgot to measure the old shafts before throwing them out.
Cheers, Kevin