Thread: Help! Problems fitting axles

no might not get to it for a couple of days now as we are both working and we dont tend to get in until late

I had this problem on my SII putting the front half shafts back in, and on my SIII. They were a pain to get out, and then only went in about half way. After a lot of swearing i figured out it was the half shaft bearing and new half shaft seal 'fowling'. I spent ages jiggling it around to get it it, i may have used a rubber mallet at one point for some gentle encourgement. I found it had to go in very 'square' and then it just slide fully home.

.........did we manage to get them in? If so what was the problem

no still working..Ian will probably have another go on Friday. he said he is going to put the axles in on there own first and see if they fowl

Aaaahhhhh....I see what the problem is...you've got a chook stuck in there somehow....pluck it out and maybe it won't foul on the fowl.

woops!!

Have you changed swivel housings and roller bearings at all?The inner race and the roller bearing used to be made as matched pairs and do not always interchange. You could try removing the swivel balls and prefitting the axle to it and then bolting it up to the axle housing.if the axle slides easily in and out of the bearing but is difficult to pull out once the ball is bolted back up then it is likely you have a bent axle housing.
Wagoo.

no swivel housings have not been touched only axles have been pulled out..now they were easy to get out I would of thought that if the housing was bent that it would be hard to get them out in the first instance?????

will try the axles on there own and see hoe we go...will update you as soon as we have done something