I stripped and painted my shafts and CV joints, I cannot get the joints to engage on the shaft when reasembling though.
I have tried an inner and outer joint on both ends of one shaft.
The splines are in good order, circlip in the groove on the shaft, the joint slides in no problem, up to the circlip. Then no matter how hard I whack it, it won't *click*.
The circlips are the same ones I removed, I considered them acceptable to reuse, as they still seem tight enough, but all I can think is that they must be the issue.
I will attempt to dry assemble the other shaft, so I can see if it will go together.
First impressions for that, look the same. IE a good whack would should see them seated...
Will try and get some new external circlips tomorrow.
This curse word me off and made a right mess. Not to mention ruined my paint job on the shaft.
I've never messed with CV's before, aside from changing boots.
Am I doing something wrong? I have even looked on Youtube, and it seems not.
I'm not one to cry off a job over little issues usually, but why is such a simple task so awkward on this occasion?
This car seems to fight me all of the way!
I have tried an inner and outer joint on both ends of one shaft.
The splines are in good order, circlip in the groove on the shaft, the joint slides in no problem, up to the circlip. Then no matter how hard I whack it, it won't *click*.
The circlips are the same ones I removed, I considered them acceptable to reuse, as they still seem tight enough, but all I can think is that they must be the issue.
I will attempt to dry assemble the other shaft, so I can see if it will go together.
First impressions for that, look the same. IE a good whack would should see them seated...
Will try and get some new external circlips tomorrow.
This curse word me off and made a right mess. Not to mention ruined my paint job on the shaft.
I've never messed with CV's before, aside from changing boots.
Am I doing something wrong? I have even looked on Youtube, and it seems not.
I'm not one to cry off a job over little issues usually, but why is such a simple task so awkward on this occasion?
This car seems to fight me all of the way!
