has anyone ever had a problem with a cv shaft slippin out of the trans. on their camry? a few months ago, i had both of my cv shafts replaced on my 94 toyota camry w/ 2.2 L 4-cylinder and auto transmission, startin with the passanger side, then a few weeks later, the drivers side. the passanger side one has not had any problems, however, when i had the drivers side one replaced, i was bringing it home and the cv shaft fell out a few blocks from my mechanics house. he put it back in and apologized, sayin he must've just not put it in all the way.
after that it was fine until about 3 weeks ago, i went to pull out of a driveway from an upward incline, as i went to take off, the same thing happened. he fixed it for free again and it was fine until a few days ago, it fell out as i was driving through the parkin lot of my work. so after gettin it to my mechanics house, he put it back in......again.......but it fell out while i was in his neighborhood.....again.......
i have talked to him and few other mechanics that have told me that there is really not many ways the cv joint installation can go wrong, the shaft is either in or it isnt. and a few have told me different theories as to what is could be, several of them havin the same theories. the first one is that the shaft is defective, and bein that it was purchased at autozone, i dont doubt it one bit. another theory is that bein my car was manufactured after the middle of the year(mine was man. in 08/94) the transmission may be a 95 transmission.
those theories all make sense. the theory that was given to me that i am hopin against is that the gear/gears that hold the cv joint in and turn it in the transmission may be worn out, that would be why it keeps fallin out. but i do not beleive this is the problem, simply because the old cv joint that was worn out never fell out, it only started happening as soon as the new one was put in. this leads me to beleive the problem is a defective/incompatable part, and not my car. any input on this is greatly appreciated.