kenmack

Thinner snap rings were the solution to my the problem. Thank you everyone who put some thought into my issue.

I didn't take apart the auto hubs and have them together like the FSM shows on FA-16. Mine is 27 spline as are the replacements. I'm curious if the first side I replaced might be different now since I drove out the drive, turned around and put it up on jacks. I have not yet had time to visit it because of the rains. I'll be at work for the better part of this week so hopefully soon. I'm so sore and tired after wrestling with the wheels, wrenches, knuckles, shocks, etc. I'm still appreciating your help.

I replaced the passenger side today but without doing the bearings as I did on the driver side. Same problem presents on this side too. ?

Alright, I'll give it a try.

I took the knuckle back off and gave the seals a few whacks to make sure that they were seated sufficiently and then put it all back together. I might have gained a 64th, but it's still a no go.

I'm a little closer now with about 3/64" to go. I've jacked up the suspension, tightened the lock ring, pulled on the axle, tapped on the washers and snap ring, removed, replaced and repeated. I'm so close, but I just can't get to it. What am I doing wrong here?

I'm in the same "can't snap ring" boat. The knuckle/hub/CVJ are all bolted in place and I was ready to put on the auto hub, but I lack about 1/8" of exposure to get the snap ring into place. I had replaced the CV axle and the inner and outer bearings. The replacement bearing races were seemingly set snugly to the the shoulder. The spindle/hub union seemed to have the proper clearance between the rotor and flange. I might could more aggressively jack up the LCA, but the effort I expended there did not seem to help.