can i get away with this?

[greylee]

my axle poped out on my passenger side a couple days ago , the guy who has it right now just called and said it fell out because the ball joint fell apart so he said i need a new lower control arm and axle for good mesure , but he said theirs nothing really wrong with the axle and theres a 4 day wait on it .

so my question is , can i get away with just doing the control arm today and driving on it for a couple days?

 

[brownfinger]

Look around more for an axle. It's beyond silly to replace the control arm and then take it all back apart again less than a week later.

 

[greylee]

no its not when it cost you 400$ a day to not have a car .


dint ask if it was silly i asked if it would work .
will it hold up ?

 

[LD25Delta9]

If nothing is worn inside the CV Joint, you should be fine with having him repack it and re-band it. Sounds like it popped out cause of your Control Arm blowing out. If you got the okay from the shop that's doing it, get it in writing. CV Joints don't just blow for no reason which verifies the control arm being the culprit. (best it can be verified with out looking at it myself) IF it hasn't worn any of the bearings, you're cool.

 

[brownfinger]

When I first replied I hadn't looked to see where you live. Ft. Meyers should be big enough to have an axle in-stock someplace. If your car is stll in the shop somewhere, maybe you could call them and ask them extra-nice to try to find one from a different supplier.
$400 a day does change the silliness equation a bit.
Even if the axle is OK, I bet the seal in the trans case is toast.

 

[knochgoon24]

Are you sure you pushed the axle all the way in when you last had it apart?

And did the CV Boot actually tear or blow open? From the way you described it, the axle just popped out on the transmission side.

EDIT: Now I see you have 3 threads going. You really need the info from all three to get a good assessment of the problem.

EDIT2: Answer to http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/newbie-forum/334263-98-gsxs-control-arms-bent-straight.html
There's one of each.

And this photo doesn't look right.

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The way is sits here, you axle can't go straight from the hub (where it's still connected), to the transmission. The wishboned shaped part is in the way. The only place for it to go is up, and the only way it gets to where it is now is for the ball joint to fail on the lateral (straight) arm.

Being you can see the rounded end of that arm, I doubt it's still attached to the spindle.

EDIT3:

When I first replied I hadn't looked to see where you live. Ft. Meyers should be big enough to have an axle in-stock someplace. If your car is stll in the shop somewhere, maybe you could call them and ask them extra-nice to try to find one from a different supplier.
$400 a day does change the silliness equation a bit.
Even if the axle is OK, I bet the seal in the trans case is toast.

Since the inner cup for the axle is still in the transmission, it could still be in decent shape. You should look at changing it while you have the axle out anyways.

 

[eclipsepunx]

i know what it is like being tight on cash but if you were driving and that came out than I don't see how the splines on the cv axle would be ok. I wouldn't wanna put that back in my trans. And also is the oil seal on the trans ok? If it was damaged and it doesn't get replaced it will leak fluid and ruin the trans.

 

[knochgoon24]

i know what it is like being tight on cash but if you were driving and that came out than I don't see how the splines on the cv axle would be ok. I wouldn't wanna put that back in my trans. And also is the oil seal on the trans ok? If it was damaged and it doesn't get replaced it will leak fluid and ruin the trans.

From his other thread...

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The axle cup is still chillin' in his transmission, so the splines and seal should still be ok. The question is whether he damaged the 3 bearing on that inner joint as it thrashed around.

 

[gstryyder]

Don't start posting multiple threads!!!!

How the hell are we supposed to help you? Keep everything in one thread, listen what people have to say. It's not gonna get you anywhere by acting like that on the forum.... It is like us trying to

 

[Evilimports]

I work at a shop and see a ton of people come in with torn cv boots and even most of the boot missing and they still drive on them. At the very least it would be fine to drive on until you got a new one

 

[cfriddle]

As long as the three bearings are intact and you haven't lost any needle bearings out of them you should be able to put it back together and run it. It really comes down to inspecting those bearings and going from there. This sometimes happens when replacing a cv axle but not the the extent of yours where it as pulled the boot and been slamming arround.

 

[Bender]

The wheel bearings need the spline on the end of the halfshaft to help hold them in place while driving.

 

[brownfinger]

I missed the photo clearly showing the tulip still stuck in the trans. Being before it was established that the ball-joint had seperated, I saw the tripod on the inner end of the shaft and assumed the whole assembly had disintegrated.
If the mechanics were going to slap it back together because they thought that it looked OK, then yes, I would think it safe to drive on it for 4 days.
I still feel it's a shame to disassemble that whole corner of the car twice in one week, someone nearby has to have an axle in stock. But if that's how it goes, then that's how it goes...
As far as the three+ threads goes, where's a moderator? They could combine them, couldn't they?