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Damn lousy Fit axle....grr
so i was installing my KBee coilover after i got home today, and the rear installed just fine and the front was coming along just great till i got to the driver side...
a HS kid comes around and scares the crap out of me at 7pm(realy dark in my area) and tries to sell me newspapers....and guess what, the axle popped out....
after shooing the kid away i find that i need to reset the damn bearing
not knowing how the bearing is designed and trying for an hour to jam the axle back in...i decide to break off the large strap on the CV boot. After another 30 mins of grease flying around and me trying to put it back in, i get it in and clean everything up with brake cleaner (lucky i had a can still)
strapped that CV back on with a large zip tie...and hope it'll hold till i go to a shop tomorrow after work (80 miles round trip) to get it strapped down with a metal strap.
in summery if you have the axle pop off try to push the 3 larger bulges(when you push down on the large boot end closes to the tranny) on the outer edges. This is where the bearing either pop out or move so it doesn't set in properly. Or do it the hard way like I did.
GOOD LUCK to you if yours pop out!!
rep me if the info helped
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