Help, hardened axle problem install
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Help, hardened axle problem install
I recently put an MTI hardened drivers side shaft in. Well got it all together and tried to re install the half shaft over the axle and c-clip. It will not go go on. The reason being, the machined area that the clip ridews in is not cut deep enough. It's not even as deep as the splines. So, it will not compress to allow the half shaft to slip over. Now my question, can I run (drag race) without the clip? I do have an e-mail into tech at MTI, but no response yet. I have a race this weekend, so any insight would be helpfull. Man I do not want to tear this all apart in my driveway again.
Thanks,
Robert
Thanks,
Robert
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I wouldn't run it without the clip. The clip don't hold much but it does locate the inner CV joint in the rearend.
I had exactly the same problem after I got my shaft installed.
I checked to be sure the axle would slide over the shaft before I installed it in the rearend but that was before I installed the ring! After it was all together and back in the car the axle CV would not go back on over the ring, fit fine without the ring. What I did to solve the problem was grind down the OD of the ring, making a tad bit thinner. I just removed the ring and held it with my fingers and run it around on a 3.5" hand grinder with a fine disk. Only removing material from the outside, nothing from the inside or sides. I took my time and kept checking as I didn't want to remove too much of the ring. When you slide the CV on and hit the ring you can see a mark where you need to grind next. It didn't take much, less than I figured it would have taken (probably less than .030"), but it took probably 45 minutes grinding and trying. Once it started over the ring and was still a little tight I ground once more just to give a little extra clearance. Put it back on and it all went right together and popped in place.
I had exactly the same problem after I got my shaft installed.
I checked to be sure the axle would slide over the shaft before I installed it in the rearend but that was before I installed the ring! After it was all together and back in the car the axle CV would not go back on over the ring, fit fine without the ring. What I did to solve the problem was grind down the OD of the ring, making a tad bit thinner. I just removed the ring and held it with my fingers and run it around on a 3.5" hand grinder with a fine disk. Only removing material from the outside, nothing from the inside or sides. I took my time and kept checking as I didn't want to remove too much of the ring. When you slide the CV on and hit the ring you can see a mark where you need to grind next. It didn't take much, less than I figured it would have taken (probably less than .030"), but it took probably 45 minutes grinding and trying. Once it started over the ring and was still a little tight I ground once more just to give a little extra clearance. Put it back on and it all went right together and popped in place.
Last edited by SpeedyZ; Jul 11, 2006 at 08:41 PM.
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Well, I ground my clip down and started to take stuff apart. New problem, seems the cv (if that is what it's called) ***** and rubber inside the large ruber protecter seems to have come apart. Now the drive axle is about 1 1/2 inches off the hard axle and there is no more room to pull out (rotor is at max tilted outboard). What the %&$#. I hope this is understandable. Maybe, when trying to install by pushing banging against the clip that will not collapse, I weakend the *****/rubber carrier? I can't believe this jit. I don't have the correct tools that the book says to use either. Help
Robert
Robert
