bobs92ack

I had my passenger side cv axle replaced on my 92 legend. The replacement axle was remanufactured and i noticed that it did not fit all the way in the slot of the tranny it was 1/2 inch out. But the mechanic just reassembled everything and told me it was done. SOOOOO, i drove from the shop and the car drove better with no more clicking. Buuuuut, 2 days later while decelerating approching a stop sign i heard a loud baaaaam, the car would not move, engine still runs but tranny would not go, I put the car in park and heard a harsh scrapy sound, so i pushed my HEAVY Legend off the road and noticed some type of oil underneath the car on the road (tranny fluid???) I looked underneath the car at the new axle and noticed it was out of the tranny slot atleast 4-5 inches. My question is...Is my tranny damaged? (the engine still revs when it goes into all other gears and i still hear my tranny fall into gear but just want move). Where does the leaking oil and scrapy noise mean? PLEASE HELP

 

Legend93

Its probably the differrential oil that leaked out. The driveshaft is supposed to be seated completely into the differential. When your mechanic installed the driveshaft, he is supposed to push the shaft until it "clicks" into the differential. The click sound tells him the driveshaft has been properly seated. It sounds like the improperly installed driveshaft worked itself out of the differential, prabbly wabbled a bit, tore the oil seal, then all the oil leaked out. Hopefully, it has not done permanent damage. But the sound you heard probably indicated some damage. If it is not repairable, you'll need to replace the differential. I would certainly take it back to the shop that did the work. They should be responsible for the damage and repair.

robbanks111

The replacement axle was remanufactured and i noticed that it did not fit all the way in the slot of the tranny it was 1/2 inch out.
What possessed you to start the car...???

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bobs92ack

i started it because the mechanic told me i was all set. He said with a few turns of the wheel it will fall in place......(Or will it fall OUT).

robbanks111

if a mechanic told me that i would make him make one choice wall or floor cuz im about to throw you through one or the other take your pic

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bobs92ack

i don't understand rob banks......

robbanks111

CV joints dont fall into place. it should have been seated by the mechanic. if it didnt seat he should have figured out why. He tore up your ride man ..out of ignorance or laziness. If hes a mechanic he should have known better than to hand you the keys to the car.

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Jetdoc

The nasty grinding sound you heard when you put it in park was due to: Since there was no mechanical connection between the differential and the pass. wheel the differential was turning like it would if the pass. wheel was jacked up off the ground and you put it in drive. You probably noticed your speedo was indicating you were moving but you were stopped. When you placed it into park it was like putting it in park while moving. It probably didn't damage anything. If this ever happens to anyone else(and they recognize what has happened) turn off the engine, then place it in park.
Hopefully the differential fluid that leaked out was slung out of the hole where the axle came out. If the splines where the axle inserts into the differential were not damaged you might be able to just put a new axle in and be done.
This happened to me: Installed a reman. axle in my mom's Civic, very normal installation. Took it for a test drive. When I turned onto my street after a short drive, the reman. axle shaft popped out of the outer knuckle. Made the same nasty sounds you described. When I removed the axle and took it back to the parts store the response was "that's just a chance you take when installing reman axles". Grrrrrrrr.....
If your mechanic installed the correct part # axle and it was in fact a "remanufacturing defect" that caused the failure. The company that reman. the axle
can cover your expenses for making it right. CCT, the company that remans. Autozone axles wrote me a check once because of a different problem I had with one of ther axles.

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Searchin4acoupe

I have purchased remans in the past as well. One time however, it took the shop opening 6 - YES S I X - boxes, all marked with the correct part number to find an axle that matched my old one. Right boxes, wrong axles. Compare the new with the one he removed to be sure. I would expect that will be an uphill battle however because your old axles have likely already gone to the great rebuilder in the sky.

Good luck, and don't settle for anything less than perfect here. They effed it up, make them fix it - right.

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jno2968326

everyone is correct.i have seen it many times.your half shaft was not seated correctly you can install a reman one and it can go bad in minutes.just remove it and install a different one.there should be no tranny danage but i have seen then come apart a damage the fenders and tie rods and the likes.

bobs92ack

When the joint came out of the tranny, there was a small puddle of tranny fluid on the floor that came from the converter. will i need a new shaft seal?

Jetdoc

The fluid didn't come from the tranny, it came out of the differential. Inspect the seal to see if it was damaged.

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bobs92ack

What in the difference between the converter and the differential?