Gentlemen, a question...

I posted earler in this thread that i had a local indy shop do my 2 outer CV boots, they did it via popping the outer CV joint apart and pulling the strut away. I got the vehicle back and since the repair, it sounds like my front end is falling out.

I've checked all the bolts for tightness, I know they had to disconnect the lower arm at the chassis, the ball joints seem fine and i can't beleive i simultaniously blew the front 2 struts.

My question is with the axle reassembled, should I be able so slide the half shaft shaft back and forth along its splines?
I can grab the shaft and slide it back and forth spline wise about .125", as though im pulling it out of the outer CV joint.

From reading the post, I see that when done the way the indy shop did it, you have to force the C clip out of its position and i"m wondering if when they re-assembled the joint that they short cutted and omitted the C clip. I would assume the C clip would keep the axle in position in the outer CV joint and the half shaft shouldn't move??

Any thoughts appreciated