please help! axle problems Options

[hockeyplyr24]

hey everyone

this weekend i replaced my half axles. got new ones from oreillys. well when i was driving yesterday, i heard something fly out of the engine bay, and i lost all my transmission fluid. turns out my axle popped out on the passenger side. why is it that the axle wont stay in place in the transmission? could i be missing a clip? please send me anything you can that may help me diagnose this. im completely stumped. i would put pics up, but no camera. thanks all

[hockeyplyr24]

ok so after 3 axles, i figured something must be wrong w/my car, even tho previously this never happened. after getting in contact with AIT, the manufacturer or the axles oreillys had, it turns out that every axle i've been getting is 1/2 inch too short, which explains the bearing breaking every single time. just figured i might let you guys know in case you go to oreillys for axles.

[Jamchell]

ok so after 3 axles, i figured something must be wrong w/my car, even tho previously this never happened. after getting in contact with AIT, the manufacturer or the axles oreillys had, it turns out that every axle i've been getting is 1/2 inch too short, which explains the bearing breaking every single time. just figured i might let you guys know in case you go to oreillys for axles.

Wow thats terrible, I had a similar problem recently with a Pep Boys axle, it was the passengers side as well. I took it out of the box and I swear they just put new boots on an axle with 100k+ miles on it and spray painted it silver =( The retainer bearing had more play than my old one with 190k and under the spray paint there was tons of old hardened grease.

That axle was supposedly "rebuilt" so I returned it and went with a new one from another parts house. Everyone would rather spend $50 on an axle, so I guess there is a high demand for the rebuilt ones, you get what you pay for though.