Inner axle shaft fixin

[RAMurphy]

Absolutely agree. This is an awesome forum. I continue to learn so much. This particular post is a great example.

 

[randeez]

If you want help with the other side, that one I have taken apart

 

[OR VietVet]

This has been bugging me and bugging me, about why I ASSUMED the cir clip was on the shaft instead of in the carrier. On a front wheel drive car, when you remove the entire axle shaft, for whatever reason, the inner cv joint includes the spline assembly and it has the cir clip on it. This is what I get for ASSUMING!

 

[George B]

This has been bugging me and bugging me, about why I ASSUMED the cir clip was on the shaft instead of in the carrier. On a front wheel drive car, when you remove the entire axle shaft, for whatever reason, the inner cv joint includes the spline assembly and it has the cir clip on it. This is what I get for ASSUMING!

Ron,
I did the same and even had mine apart a few months ago. I am embarrassed to not have remembered that.

 

[RAMurphy]

Ron and George,
It happens to all of us. I've read so many of your posts and they have all been informative, professional, instructional and given freely with the desire to help all of us as we work to keep our vehicles on the road. No need to be embarrassed or bothered. Keep your chin up, you guys rock.

 

[OR VietVet]

Not so much embarrassed as I am sorry I gave the wrong info without checking further first but I was so sure, I did not check. I know people make mistakes but the OP was having problems and I contributed to the frustration. Live and learn, for sure. Thanks @RAMurphy

 

[George B]

Ron and George,
It happens to all of us. I've read so many of your posts and they have all been informative, professional, instructional and given freely with the desire to help all of us as we work to keep our vehicles on the road. No need to be embarrassed or bothered. Keep your chin up, you guys rock.

 

[MassHoe04]

P.S.: I forgot to mention... I have noticed that members here keep things friendly and helpful. If something plays out to be incorrect or something goes wrong or mistakes made. Folks on this forum do not turn things toxic by verbal lashing, talking down to others, name calling or outright rudeness. There seems to be a low tolerance for anyone not being helpful.

When things need repair on our trucks, especially if depended on for daily transport, pressure can be huge! That is when you need calm heads around to help try to make some order out of your chaos. Our members really come through on that front. A lot!

 

[Rocket Man]

Yep most forums are full of a few bullies that do nothing except make smart ass comments in order to look cool I guess. I actually have no idea why they’re even there except maybe mommy didn’t give them enough attention when they were growing up. There’s none of that here.

 

[Jobi-Wan Kenobi]

Looks like I need to stop by the forum a bit more often than just when I'm working on the tahoe.

@OR VietVet I'm much the same way. I know enough to be dangerous. I used to be a diesel service tech myself. I'm not in that line of work anymore but I still do most all of my own service work and most the time fair pretty well at figuring things out. But this time, well yea I think everyone on this thread has an idea how that went. I should have gotten ahold of service info too before getting into the job. But glad we figured it out and we all learned something from it.

Anyway, I think I feel much the same way everyone else. The forum is a valuable place to find info since it's likely someone has already experienced a problem that another is working on. There's a value that you from something like this that you don't from a manual. The technical experience of others. I'm glad such a place exists and hopefully can share some info myself here in the future.