ACDelco CV Axle 2008 Hummer H3 Alpha :HELP:

[StandoutAlpha]

Replacing new ACDelco CV Axle GM Part # 15886012 (Both driver and passenger side)
Is the gap *see pics circle in red* normal? ***spline shaft into diff end* (same gap for both side)
That's the max it'll go in. (same gap for both side)
Tried a 3lb hammering from axle nut end and no budge at all.
People telling me keep hammering it in and I'll potentially damage and will need a new front differential. NOPE NOT TODAY!:no:
*So I stop, and already I crushed the axle nut from hammering *:sigh:

Is the gap safe enough or in enough?? Thanks in advance....

 

[Guerrero]

:wtf: Of course that gap is normal!

Hammering it has damaged the nut and maybe the Differential too! Before doing things like that you need to inform better...if not you are going to go steps that dont have a return back....

Now you need to repair the nut and thread too, check the play in the bearing trying to twist the cv axle where connects to diff to see if there is any play (caused by hammering) and pray that anything inside isnt broken (I suppose not, but depend on how you hammer it)

 

[alrock]

When inserting a CV axle in the front, try to align it so that the C clip on the splines is lined up to go in with minimal interference. I can't recall if that's with the opening up or down, but it makes a difference when installing it. One is easy, the other ain't.

 

[Ordieh]

Putting a bit of heavy grease on the clip to hold it centered on the shaft has worked for me every time. Good luck cleaning up the threads etc. .

 

[H3Hummer]

:shame:don't hammer it in dude, never, it clunks in when the C clip is fixed, you can feel it when it goes in. Just by pulling it, you can feel then that it's fixed , it dosent come out anymore without a pray bar

 

[Jeepwalker]

Naaah, I say use an 8lb hammer next time :whaa:

Hey, that's how ya learn. Hopefully nothing's damaged. In general a guy should never hammer on an axle directly unless it's with a brass or lead hammer. Or put a piece of hard oak board, or a piece of soft steel on the axle and hammer on that. Hammering on a piece of steel isn't ideal, but if ya take it easy with a few taps to get out, it hasn't hurt anything when I've done it. But don't hammer on the axle directly ..unless yer just tapping ever-so-gently to knock into position with a med-sized hammer.

 

[StandoutAlpha]

[SOLVED]
Thanks all I was being told that it needed to go in more that's why I was hammering it lesson learn never again. I just left it as is and after adding some grease on the c clip, still the same gap and the max it can go.
I did damage the thread on the driver side axle nut end a bit but I manage to get the new axle nut on and tighten thank goodness.

 

[Jeepwalker]

Now you can take er out on the trail (or pavement) and give it the stress-test ...enjoy!