Q: My CV axle won't go in due to a metal piece in transmission.
When you go to slide the axle back in on driver side the axle won't go all the way in when u pull it out and look there is a metal looking shaft in the way idk what to do
My car has 132765 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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