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97 Mazda Protege LX: Tip of CV Axle Shaft broken off inside transaxle
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dhuber37
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Nov 24, 2012, 2:28 PM
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97 Mazda Protege LX: Tip of CV Axle Shaft broken off inside transaxle
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I have a 1997 Mazda Protege LX, 1.5 engine, 187,000 miles, with manual transmission. A few weeks after replacing the driver's side cv axle, my car broke down on the road. The tip of the inner shaft of the new cv axle sheared off into the transaxle. This piece of metal is about 1/4" thick and is sitting at the bottom of the transaxle casing right next to the drain plug. It's right where I can see it! The only problem is that the piece of metal is too big to fit through the drain.
I'm looking for an option that lets me remove the piece through the drain. Anyone have experience with this? I would like to find a tool or some other way of breaking or snipping the piece in half so it can be pulled out without removing the whole transmission and taking it apart.
My step-father recommended drilling out the drain hole to make it wider and tapping it with new threads and a wider plug. I don't know what this could do to the casing (maybe crack it?) considering the drain is alongside a seam in the casing. His other option was replacing the entire transmission with a used one he found for $250.
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chickenhouse
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Nov 24, 2012, 2:32 PM
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Re: 97 Mazda Protege LX: Tip of CV Axle Shaft broken off inside transaxle
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I wonder if it would hurt anything if left in there? Let's hear from some trans guys!
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dhuber37
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Nov 24, 2012, 3:05 PM
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I was wondering about that as well. I replaced the old drain plug with one of those magnetic plugs with the hope that the metal piece would stay put. What I noticed though, was that the gears inside seem fairly close to the drain. There may not be enough clearance between the gears and the inner walls of the transaxle so that the metal doesn't get pulled into the gears. The transmission fluid may make it worse causing the piece to slide around.
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Sidom
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Nov 24, 2012, 3:16 PM
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Why not just get a flexable magnet or a pair of mechaniclal fingers & just take the piece out the output shaft hole?
You don't want to drillout the hole, that's not even an option
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Discretesignals
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Nov 25, 2012, 8:51 AM
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Yes, you need to get that out of there. Even if that means you would have to dismantle the transmission to get at it. If that piece gets into the final drive while your driving, you'll be in big trouble.
Since we volunteer our time and knowledge, we ask for you to please follow up when a problem is resolved.
(This post was edited by Discretesignals on Nov 25, 2012, 8:53 AM)
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