# CV half axle

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/cv-half-axle/30711>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** montana\
**Created:** [May 20, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cv-half-axle/30711 "2009-05-20T01:48:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![hurricane\_evac\_vehic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@hurricane\_evac\_vehic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hurricane_evac_vehic)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cv-half-axle/30711/1 "2009-05-20T01:48:49Z")

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I replaced my 2000 Pontiac Montana driver-side CV axle just fine…tapped the inner CV joint housing at the groove with a large screwdriver. The new passenger-side CV axle, however, refuses to go in. The splines are aligned, but when the retaining ring hits the bevel at the female splines, the assembly stops sliding in. I know I can’t beat on the end of the axle assembly, and since there’s no groove in the passenger-side inner CV housing, I clamped a chain ViseGrip around the housing to give me something to tap on. How hard can you beat that thing to get the retainer ring to compress that last little bit?