I would have caused this kind of damaged. This is the half shaft on the driver's side of a 1990 CRX with the 5-speed with the Integra 1.8 conversion. I can not get the half shaft back into the transmission. The kid that owns it does not really want to comment about it. Any ideas. Thanks, BranZ

 

wow, umm, i'm no help, but damn. So the kid jumped his car running from the cops or something? Why doesn't he want to comment.

Also, can you not get it back in the transmission because it is bent, or are the splines in the transmission completely shot?

 

weird...

it looks..like maybe something got stuck between the axle and alt. mount or he bent the axle big time and the axle was cut and rewelded, which might mean the axle isn't setting all the way in the tranny. however if the axle was bent that far it would have pulled out of the hub and there would also be damage on the control arm..

hell it might be something simple like he didn't get the correct shaft length and moved the car some distance and left the axle rubbing against the bracket.

if the guy doesn't want to say something about it he probably did something stupid.

 

Is it possible that the engine swap made the halfshaft too short. I guess I am going to take it out and see if it is true. There was a lot of aluminum in the case oil when I drained it. If you jumped the car would that trash the halfshaft? When I did the clutch jump job on it the shaft was already hanging out. I plan to disengage it from the hub and see if it will seat in the transmission. I am open for any ideas. Thanks, BranZ

 

I am working on a customer's car and run into some problems. The owner bought this CRX and drove it home five hours away. The car started making noise and would not move once put into gear. The owner had to return back to IRAQ and has been worried if he got the shaft from the previous owner. I have some pictures of the damage and would like some feedback on what happened. I have replaced the clutch and during the process found the driver's side half shaft hanging out of the transmission. I can not get it to reseat. I am fairly new to the import scene but would like to get this problem resolved for this soldier. He is over there fighting for us and worrying about that he got screwed by the previous owner. I have enclosed some pictures so please let me know your thoughts. Thanks, BranZ

 

Here are some more of the half shaft damage when I got the car up in the air. Just follow this link.
https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...d.php?t=250733
Thanks, BranZ

 

It looks (from that other thread) like the engine fell down onto the axle..... bad/busted engine mount maybe?? Maybe that's the wrong alternator bracket or belt for the swap (??) and it "self-clearenced"

Put everything back in place and set it on the ground.... or better yet an alignment rack so you can get under it with the suspension loaded.

You gotta figure out why the axle ground away at the alternator bracket .....

The axle seal above looks a little boogered-up... you should replace it. It's hard to tell from the pic, but are the splines in the axle lined-up with that seal? Maybe the FD let loose ?!?!?!

 

In your picture, shouldn't there be splines up to the point the snap ring slot is in the differential?
(it looks like the half-shaft's splines ground away the differentials splines to me.)

 

something is definitely wrong here - the Integra B18A conversion into 90 CRX would have an intermdediate shaft on the drivers's side with 90-93 Integra axle - looks to me like someone has a CRX driver's side axle in the transmission - not going to work

tell us exactly what you have here - one place you say 1.8 Integra and a another place you say 91 Integra D16, which doesn't exist - does the car have a B18A1 engine swap or is it a D16A1 engine swap? - if it is a B-series, the driver's side would not have an axle going directly into the transmission - it would have an intermediate shaft

 

Aluminum in the Oil ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Remove the Tranny, and take it apart, you will find your problem.

The splines in the tranny are gone... Wrong axles can do that because they are too short, and out of alignment.

Looks like the car was maybe high-centered, or the suspension was unloaded all the way and the axle rubbed agains the bracket for a while...

Find a How to, on a engine Swap, and pull the motor and do it yourself.

It will save you a lot of headache down the road...