Is this normal??

[PaulClioSport]

So today i was busy fitting my Bilstein coilover kit and was almost fininshed. The coilover on the driver side (LHD car) was the last one i needed to do and everything went well untill i pulled a bit to hard and pulled the drive shaft out of the gearbox!!! As you can imagine almost all oil poorer out of the gearbox and I think the gearbox is almost empty now. Now my question is, is it normal to pull out the shaft that easy? And now my drive shaft gater on gearbox side is also ripped so I need to get me a new one.
As i never changed a drive shaft gater before, is it just a matter of putting on a new on, put the driveshaft back in and refill the gearbox? Or did i wrecked some sort of clip when i pulled the driveshaft out?
I already looked in the guide section but i can't find anything about drive shafts and it's covers.
I'm hoping for some quick replies as i need the car asap!

 

[DannyR]

Yes, they pull out easily and are basically wedged in!

I did this once too

 

[PaulClioSport]

Ok so it is as simple as putting on a new gater put the driveshaft back into the gearbox, refill and done?

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Ok so it is as simple as putting on a new gater put the driveshaft back into the gearbox, refill and done?

Yep !! they literally fall out most of the time !! bang a new cv boot gaitor, back in refill the box and jobs a good one !! the box is full when they are level with the fill hole !

 

[PaulClioSport]

Yep !! they literally fall out most of the time !! bang a new cv boot gaitor, back in refill the box and jobs a good one !! the box is full when they are level with the fill hole !

Cheers guys!