Well, shit. Now what?

[Lawrence Weeks]

Yeah. It's just three pairs of bearings arranged around the axle, as I
recall, that slide into the inner housing in channels. There's nothing
that holds the axle and bearings into the housing, it just pulls out
(as you found). You can just slide it back in once you line it up
properly.

Larry

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 9:26 PM, George Roffe <geo31 at suddenlink.net> wrote:
> Happens a lot.  Just pop it back in.
>
> On 4/21/2011 9:21 PM, David Pertuz wrote:
>> Replacing the front shocks on my P10, and with new shock/spring assemblies in hand, I went tonight to put the car back together. Right side was no problem, but the left side....just wouldn't go all back together. I eventually realize that this is because the inner CV joint has, somehow, come apart. The inner end of the xle has pulled out of the inner joint - maybe this happened when I pulled the hub assembly out to get the shock out, I dunno.
>>
>> So now I've got about quadruple the work to do, because I have to, at the very least, pull the left axle out of the car and then get it back in. Is there any way I can get the joint back together without taking the axle out of the car, taking the boot off and essentially rebuilding it? And how did this happen anyway? Can this be less sucky than it looks? I doubt it, but if nothing else the commiseration may help.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
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