We did not compare the original one, now that I think about it that was the first thing we should've done. It sounds right on paper, but that doesn't explain why my previous one had split in half in the first place, just by my brother stalling. I feel like there has to be some sort of exterior reaso...

Do you think it's possible that my trans mount/motor mounts went bad and that is causing too much movement with the engine/trans which is causing my cv axle to pop out?

Car is a 2003 Pontiac Vibe base 5 speed. It has about 165000 miles on it.

Let my brother drive my car to learn manual, and he stalled it terribly, although it was only in first. Tried to get it home and would start shaking terribly. Looked under and the CV axle had split in half. We through a new cv axle in there and it seemed to be driving fine until it bind up once agai...