Passenger side Cv Axle will not seat.

[Primesuspect1980]

I just did an engine swap on my first Celica. Everything is back together and it runs perfect..........except I cannot for the life of me get the cv joint to seat. I have tried for over 4 hours now. Is there something I am missing?

[Cali90sGTS]

I saw a video on youtube about seating the cv joint what he did is got some plier clamps and got under the car and clamp it as close as he could and used a hammer to seat it in.. if i find the video ill post the link for you..

[Primesuspect1980]

I have tried everything I can think of. I can feel the splines line up when I spin it in the hole and press inward. I have tried a dead blow hammer on the hub bolt. I used a long bolt and tried to pull it together with the bearing hangar. I filed the splines to be sure tey were not distorted. The parts match. but it will not seat. I can see the splines in the trans axle gear and it looks ok. completely stuck.

[Cali90sGTS]

Use the force jedi night more force MORE!!!! only thing I can think off maybe dap some grease on the ring too.. if its lined up then all I can think of is that you just need to push harder... Buts that's what she said...

[123crazy]

Did she really say tht?

[Primesuspect1980]

48 hours later it still will not seat I can not understand why. I have now officially spent more time on one cv joint than I did on the entire engine swap and I still have not succeeded. I have tried everything. I have been defeated by a cv joint.

2002 Celica GT 138,000

[Primesuspect1980]

It was the cv axle bearing hanger. I swapped an engine from an automatic into a car with a manual shift. The bearing hanger on the engine from the automatic had a slightly different angle and would not allow the splines to line up. After I swapped the hanger it slipped right in. Click!


2002 Celica GT 5 speed - on the road again thanks to a wrecked 2000 motor donor.

[Cali90sGTS]

Originally Posted by 123crazy

Did she really say tht?

LOL Miguel I have heard it before maybe once or twice...

Originally Posted by Primesuspect1980

It was the cv axle bearing hanger. I swapped an engine from an automatic into a car with a manual shift. The bearing hanger on the engine from the automatic had a slightly different angle and would not allow the splines to line up. After I swapped the hanger it slipped right in. Click!

Congrats !!! You did it!!! Usually if ever thing is lined up they just pop right in with some force.. But with ever error theirs a lesson to be learned..