Putting my passenger side steering knuckle back together, popped the birf back into the axle housing and it absolutely will NOT go all the way in. It sits with the bell of the birf protruding about three quarters of an inch outside of the knuckle. The machined section of the inner shaft won't even rest inside the oil seal like it's supposed to. It feels like it's engaged solidly into the splines in the diff (clunks when it bottoms out and won't turn, making it feel like everything's good), but it's obviously not and nothing I'm doing is getting it to go in any farther. Anyone else had this issue before? Short of pulling apart the whole 3rd member, I'm stumped.
I don't remember having any problems getting it reinstalled the last time I did my knuckles either.
I don't remember having any problems getting it reinstalled the last time I did my knuckles either.