connecting the driveshafts

[doughboyZmx-3]

im in the final stages of completeing the klze drop but im haveing trouble connecting the driveshafts, i have them about half way in and doesnt what to go in any more. what should i do to get them completely in there?

[David Coleman]

Could be ugly. Shine a flashlight in the differential. Do you see the splines or do you see gear teeth?

[ProtegeSTS]

oh no... good luck when you shine that flash light in.

[doughboyZmx-3]

i see gear teeth, is that a good or bad thing.

[David Coleman]

Your spider gears have dislodged. You MIGHT be able to realign them, but I'm not betting on it. You'll have to disassemble the tranny and realign them. I'd recommend plugging them next time too. Disassembling the tranny isnt too hard if you take it really slow, do things methodically, and have an impact gun with a 32mm and 20mm socket for the 2 main shafts [not sure on that 20mm, but I'll check if you need me to.]

[doughboyZmx-3]

so far i got right shaft all the way in but have trouble on the driver side shaft.

[lazzyie]

anyway to keep those from unaligning?

[ProtegeSTS]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by lazzyie:<BR><STRONG>anyway to keep those from unaligning?</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Plug the hole well with some newspaper so rags. Same thing happened to mine, and with the then-current timescale, I said screw it and had a shop do it.