Axle shaft install

[muskrat]

Help! Right side slipped right in, but I can't get the left side in! Just had new bearings pressed in and I'm stopped dead. Rear axle.

Any advise?

 

[Boss351]

did you put them in the correct sides short on the left side and long on the right side?

 

[DirtDonk]

And if so, do you have a Limited-Slip rear end?
If you do, then there are usually two side gear spline sets to slip the one axle through. My last install had difficulty on the left side too.

You can try spinning things from your side, but it seems to help quite a bit to have someone twist the other side axle (to spin things in the diff) while you fiddle-fart at your end and try to get it that last 1/2".

Good luck.

Paul

 

[MooseyFate]

have someone spin the other wheel a bit while you try to insert the axle shaft on your side.

....and I do have the correct number

 

[muskrat]

Mooseyfate, you working today? I'm solo here with no one to spin the other wheel.

 

[BroncoDawg]

Treat the axle seals real gentle too while fiddle-farting around. Don't lay or slide the axle on it or you might be taking it all back apart soon. Make sure you have the axles right too, like said before, long on the passenger side.
If backwards, right will go in, but left never will as too long.