Turns out it was much easier to slide the steering knuckle onto the new axle since everything was nice and clean.

I did have a tough time getting the shafts to click inside the transmission housing....in fact on the passenger side, I had to take off the inner CV boot so I could get the shaft to click. In doing so I put a little tear in the boot. Tempted to put it back anyway but I guess I can wait another week and get a replacement boot. I tried using the old one which was OK but it had a different shape to my replacement axle...I purchase A1 Cardone shafts and they have a slightly different outside shape to the originals. Waiting to hear from Cardone to see if they sell me the inner boot.

Gary