i cant get the cv axle to seat in the tranny .it stops about 1inch from the stop where it seals..i tried rotating the cv axle while pushing on the inner cv joint housing...i lubed it...it does not budge...there are instructions in the box it came in how to disassemblethe cv axle at the inner cv joint insert the cv axle in the tranny and then reassemble inner cv joint with the rest of axle and reclamp the inner boot...has anyone tried this method....other thoughts or suggestions ...thanks in advance...compo1

 

well if you got it new from a parts store theres a very high chance they sold you the wrong one, it might be the correct box but wrong item. I know sometimes they are a real bear to get in there. heres what i do. Carefully find something round and soft, like a 1 inch dowl rod, it a round piece of wood, you can get it at a hardware store, make it about 12 inches long, get your self a 3 or 5 lbs sledge hammer and place the dowl on the very edge of the cv cup, and give her a couple wacks with the sledge.She should pop in.
But before any of that i would double check you have the corrcet one. Just take it back and tell them it the wrong one, trust me 4 times outta 10 its wrong.
Good luck.

 

4 times out of 10?

Anyway, it just takes a little extra "umf" to get it in there. I had a budy move it in and out a bit while I guided it into the tranny, both clicked right in

 

or try just tapping it in w/ a rubber hammer... worked for me.

 

Ya the parts stores around here are kinda ify...