cricket828
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I've been having a mild clunking sound that started a while ago and I think I finally traced to to my driver's side inner CV axle joint. I ended up buying a new axle from the local parts store... (first mistake).
Anyways, I was greasing the the new axle when somehow the cage that holds the balls in the races fell into the boot. Of course, it's not just going so slip back between the inner and outer races... I then proceeded to carefully take the balls out of the cage on my original OE axle and mark it. However, no matter what I do, I cannot get the cage to "fall" off the inner axle race. I would have to completely disassemble it.
Is this possible for a cage to fall into the axle boot? Or is this more of a defect? I looked online and found almost nothing on this topic.
Finally, if I can rebuild my old axle what part would need to be replaced to stop the clunking (assuming this is the issue...)?
TIA!
Anyways, I was greasing the the new axle when somehow the cage that holds the balls in the races fell into the boot. Of course, it's not just going so slip back between the inner and outer races... I then proceeded to carefully take the balls out of the cage on my original OE axle and mark it. However, no matter what I do, I cannot get the cage to "fall" off the inner axle race. I would have to completely disassemble it.
Is this possible for a cage to fall into the axle boot? Or is this more of a defect? I looked online and found almost nothing on this topic.
Finally, if I can rebuild my old axle what part would need to be replaced to stop the clunking (assuming this is the issue...)?
TIA!