Is my axle too short or have i got the wrong circlip.

[whatshouldiget?]

hey guys, finally figured out why my car was making a weird clicking/thumping noise when making slow right turns. Had the car up on the hoist the other day and the axle that goes into the cv joint had basically fallen out. I changed the circlip and poped it back in. After 2mins of driving the noise came back and the axle has come out again.

could it be that the axle itself it too short? or have i got the wrong circlip? oh also the car is quite low. it\'s a gc8.

Thanks

[funkytown]

Front or rear? Any adjustable suspension bits on the car?

[Rosssub]

Sitting super dooper low? with adjustable front top hats at their outer limit to regain some camber? Possible bad front diff mounts etc adding to lateral movement when power goes on? All trying to stretch your axles/CV\'s further than they want to stretch. That little Circlip is the weakest link.

[boon]

 Rosssub said:

Sitting super dooper low? with adjustable front top hats at their outer limit to regain some camber? Possible bad front diff mounts etc adding to lateral movement when power goes on? All trying to stretch your axles/CV\'s further than they want to stretch. That little Circlip is the weakest link.

Front diff mounts you say ???

Perhaps on my Hilux, not so much on a Subaru.

[kamineko]

 boon']

[quote name='Rosssub said:

Sitting super dooper low? with adjustable front top hats at their outer limit to regain some camber? Possible bad front diff mounts etc adding to lateral movement when power goes on? All trying to stretch your axles/CV\'s further than they want to stretch. That little Circlip is the weakest link.

/quote]

Front diff mounts you say ???

Perhaps on my Hilux, not so much on a Subaru.

maybe not worded very well but he may be describing the mounts forward of the rear-diff

i\'d agree its an unlikely fault in this case though

[whatshouldiget?]

Yeah at the front. Have coilovers all round. It\'s not super dooper low but its low. Will have to double check the camber on the coilovers but what your saying does make a lot of scence.

[hijacka]

Are you talking about inner or outer cv?

If its the outer cv your talking about with the snap ring around the spline of the axle then it could be the clip is worn or the inside of the cv where the clip seat is worn or both, It should be relatively hard to hit the outer cv off. If it comes off without to much bashing then there is a problem there. best to install a brand new cv kit and inspect spline, both left and right front axles are the same length.

If you talking about the inner then remove clean and inspect and replace with new boot kit you should do this anyway while axles out.

[whatshouldiget?]

It\'s the outer cv. The problem i\'m having is that the cv joint wont stay on the axle. I popped it back on the other day but after two or three turns, it just pops back off the axle. I noticed that when i was putting the joint back on the axle that the splines didn\'t seem to line up properly but i knocked it with the hammer and it managed to pop back on. Maybe it\'s the wrong cv joint. Would a mis matched cv joint cause it to pop of the axle?

[Guest]

Youre missing the c clip that holds it in iirc.

[whatshouldiget?]

pretty sure i\'m not as when i discovered that the joint had popped out i checked if the circlip was still there, and it was. I thought it may have been old so i replaced it with another and it\'s still there. i might just try a new cv joint and see what happens.

[funkytown]

Thats not right. If the c clips in place cv should not come out.

Either poor install or poor cv or waaaay to much tension on the joint which seems unlikely

[Guest]

This retainer thingamabob @ 0:50

[whatshouldiget?]

I see what you mean. Never knew there was another retainer in there. But as seen in the video, when he removes that retainer, all the inner bearings come out with the shaft. My problem is the shaft itself is just coming out. as if the small c clip isn\'t there.

[whatshouldiget?]

Do you guys know whether or not the axle from a v3/4 gc8 is the same length as a v5/6? i have a spare v3/4 axle with inner and out cv joints attached which i can install.