How did you remove the shaft? I broke mine ( wheel side end) so now i dont understand how to remove the joint!!!!
I've never changed one on a Honda, but i'll tell you how it works on a Can-Am (I think they're all like this).
1. Fight like crazy to get the hub off.
2. Grab the axle tightly.
3. Pull firmly and sharply.
4. Scratch your head in confusion, getting CV joint grease all over yourself and your beer can.
5. Brace your bike and your feet against the bike, then jerk back and forth like a madman. Eventually, the axle will pop out.
6. Sob softly about the bruised spot on your sternum where the axle nailed you when it finally let go.
See, on many of these bikes, there's a circlip on the end of the shaft that holds it into the diff. It's not easy to collapse this thing enough to actually pull the shaft out, but it seems like most people just push inward to make the clip collapse, then jerk quickly on it to try to get the axle out before the clip expands back out.
On my particular axle, I couldn't use any of these steps (these were the ones I followed on my buddy's Can-Am). I couldn't use them because my joint was shattered into 20 pieces, so I didn't have a way to grab the axle. I was able to use a claw hammer to pry the thing out, luckily (Can-Am has inboard brakes, which gave me a good pry point).
Good luck!
