M56L differential failure?

Post by **abscate** » 05 Jul 2018, 10:21

Ozark Lee wrote: ↑05 Jul 2018, 08:35 It is fairly common for the snap ring to not fully engage after an axle is replaced. The axle may not be broken at all and it just popped out. The back of the inner CV joint should be almost flush with the case on the transaxle when it is properly installed.

The good news is that all you have to do is pop it back in.

...Lee

This scenario fits your first description almost perfectly, which I read but did not comprehend.

henrysin44 · Post by **henrysin44** » 05 Jul 2018, 20:15

Ozark Lee wrote: ↑05 Jul 2018, 08:35 It is fairly common for the snap ring to not fully engage after an axle is replaced. The axle may not be broken at all and it just popped out. The back of the inner CV joint should be almost flush with the case on the transaxle when it is properly installed.

The good news is that all you have to do is pop it back in.

...Lee

I have a feeling its that, i can pull it in and out. After a final exam tomorrow i'm going to take it out and hope its the driveshaft, if it is I fear the snap ring might be down in the transmission. I'm just hoping the worst is the shaft snapped and ill i gotta do is take a punch to it from the other side to pop it free

henrysin44 · Post by **henrysin44** » 05 Jul 2018, 20:16

henrysin44 wrote: ↑05 Jul 2018, 20:15
Ozark Lee wrote: ↑05 Jul 2018, 08:35 It is fairly common for the snap ring to not fully engage after an axle is replaced. The axle may not be broken at all and it just popped out. The back of the inner CV joint should be almost flush with the case on the transaxle when it is properly installed.

The good news is that all you have to do is pop it back in.

...Lee
I have a feeling its that, i can pull it in and out and gear oil was leaking from the seal (not much). After a final exam tomorrow i'm going to take it out and hope its the driveshaft, if it is I fear the snap ring might be down in the transmission. I'm just hoping the worst is the shaft snapped and ill i gotta do is take a punch to it from the other side to pop it free.

Post by **JimBee** » 05 Jul 2018, 20:48

Like Lee says, it could be the snap ring didn't properly set into the receiving part. I had a problem with this last year. I discovered the snap ring wouldn't go into the spline because it was too loose ("open") on the shaft. Both O'Reilly and Autozone shafts were made the same way. What happened when I tried to install it? The snap ring hit on the face of the receiving part instead of constricting into the bevel of the receiving part. I mentioned it to the local indy who told, me "wail on it, it will go in, we do it all the time."
I gave it few good taps with a 2 lb sledge, not real hard, but I was hearing hard steel on steel and the shaft didn't go in. Worse, I couldn't pull it out. I had to hunt around for a crowfoot type pry bar to wrench it back out.
NAPA had one made the right way and it slid in and locked as they should. I've had no problems with that one.

M56L differential failure?

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