Tried reordering as this answers said http://answers.gazebosim.org/question/2824/error-when-setting-dynamically-created-joints-axis-in-gazebo-180/ still not working

Author: awesomebytes

src/gazebo_ros_link_attacher.cpp

@@ -78,13 +78,15 @@ namespace gazebo
 
     this->link1 = l1; // Store the links too
     this->link2 = l2;
+    ROS_INFO_STREAM("Attach");
+    this->fixedJoint->Attach(l1, l2);
     ROS_INFO_STREAM("Loading links");
     this->fixedJoint->Load(l1,
                            l2, math::Pose());
-    ROS_INFO_STREAM("Attach");
-    this->fixedJoint->Attach(l1, l2);
     ROS_INFO_STREAM("SetModel");
     this->fixedJoint->SetModel(m1);
+    ROS_INFO_STREAM("SetAxis");
+    this->fixedJoint->SetAxis(0, math::Vector3(0, 0, 1));
     ROS_INFO_STREAM("SetHightstop");
     this->fixedJoint->SetHighStop(0, 0);
     ROS_INFO_STREAM("SetLowStop");