steveo358

Hi, I ended up pulling the cv axle back out of the vehicle, and regrouping. It came back out with the pin still in the one hole. once i got it on my tire that was laying on the ground, I punched it back out. if you get it out, I would recommend you find a bench grinder, and bevel the end a little more, so it will help find the hole. Hope this helps, Steve

Hi, I just replaced a cv axle on a 98 forester also. I ran into the same problem with the roll pin. I had to regroup, and pull it back out. After removing it again, I noticed that the roll pin wasnt tapered at the end as much as the original, and i had burred it up trying to get it in the hole. I removed it, compared the 2 pins, and noticed much more taper in the original. I took new one out, and used the original, and it went right in with no probs, after spending almost all day fighting the new one. Hope this solves your problem, it did mine. Steve