diff output shaft pops out..??

[battery1882]

okay,
I have a s14 with s13 pumkin, os 2way, s13 axles. the problem is, the axle along with the output shaft(since they are bolted together) pops out of the diff about once every 50miles or so of regular driving. I simply have to jack the car up and push it in, but it's continuously poping out. I was wondering if the axle is missing a key that locks into the diff but I didn't see any key in tech manual. Do I have the wrong axles or is my lsd messed up?

[broken240sx]

there are rings on the end of the input side that should snap into the actual diferential, they don't really come out though so I doubt your missing it

[broken240sx]

maybe the s13 axles are a little shorter than s14????

[projectRDM]

S13 axles are a hair shorter.

[Slidin240Wayz]

Holy shit. That is really weird and scary. I would check that I was using the proper shafts. Then I would take the diff apart and check the torque specs on the bolts inside the diff; should be around 88 fott pounds.

Carlos

[Dousan_PG]

yeah u gotta hav ethose ring clips
and i used s13 diff, s13 axles and s14 subframe (s14 car) and didnt have such poblem
maybe bad luck
get some s14 axles easy to source
unlses u got that 5 bolt b.s. (yes i know all about the diff between 5/6 bolt and thickness/etc etc etc) but its still b.s. stateside.

[battery1882]

thanks broken240sx for that info. is this ring shown in FSM?
r240na, do you know how much shorter s13 driveshaft is?

[projectRDM]

I can measure them tomorrow if I don't get too drunk tonight and forget.