So, here's my story....
I was replacing the driver side ball joint the other day and noticed that the CV boot on my axle was blown and was spraying sticky grease all over the wheel well. Since I had watched Ian replace my old axles with some used ones up at Russ's place, I figured I could go ahead and get a brand new axle and replace it myself.
So, I head over to the Auto Hobby Shop on Scott Air Force Base and rent a bay. It's freezing outside, but nice and toasty in the bay!! About an hour later, I have the new axle in, tranny fluid refilled and am ready to go! I pull out, drive around the block to the Commissary and everything seems fine, so far.
Unfortunately, the next left turn turns out to be my last. I put it into 1st, start to pull away from the stop light and all forward motion stops. Everything is running fine, but the Capri just sits there and laughs as I try in vain to get out of the massive flow of traffic trying to leave the base for the day. The closet safe place to pull off the road is about a 1/4 mile away, so I get a nice workout pushing the car into a nearby parking area.
Once I get it stopped, I tear apart the driver side again, thinking I hadn't gotten the axle pushed all the way into the trans-axle case. Pop it back into place (I thought)and try to move the car. No joy.
So, to make a long story even longer, ended up calling road side assistance and had the car towed to the nearest Ford service center (which is as far as the insurance would pay to take it) and am told they are going to charge $101 just to tell me what's wrong. NO WAY!! So I am going to have to go rent a car dolly from U-Haul and tow it home.
My question is, would not having the axle fully seated cause the problem that I had?
Thanks for reading my ramblings and I hope I didn't ruin anything, cuz I really love my Capri.