diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
index 3e93c85fa888..e7fab6aad3c7 100644
--- a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
+++ b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ def __init__(
         self.set_axis_on()
         self.M = None
 
+        # Change the y-axis ticks to be on the right side
+        self.yaxis.set_ticks_position("right")
+
         # func used to format z -- fall back on major formatters
         self.fmt_zdata = None
 
diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axis3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axis3d.py
index 7d6110c25a47..cce815eaa687 100644
--- a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axis3d.py
+++ b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axis3d.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def tick_update_position(tick, tickxs, tickys, labelpos):
     tick.gridline.set_data(0, 0)
 
 
-class Axis(maxis.XAxis):
+class Axis(maxis.Axis):
     """An Axis class for the 3D plots."""
     # These points from the unit cube make up the x, y and z-planes
     _PLANES = (
@@ -516,21 +516,21 @@ def v_interval(self, minmax):
 # Use classes to look at different data limits
 
 
-class XAxis(Axis):
+class XAxis(Axis, maxis.XAxis):
     get_view_interval, set_view_interval = maxis._make_getset_interval(
         "view", "xy_viewLim", "intervalx")
     get_data_interval, set_data_interval = maxis._make_getset_interval(
         "data", "xy_dataLim", "intervalx")
 
 
-class YAxis(Axis):
+class YAxis(Axis, maxis.YAxis):
     get_view_interval, set_view_interval = maxis._make_getset_interval(
         "view", "xy_viewLim", "intervaly")
     get_data_interval, set_data_interval = maxis._make_getset_interval(
         "data", "xy_dataLim", "intervaly")
 
 
-class ZAxis(Axis):
+class ZAxis(Axis, maxis.XAxis):
     get_view_interval, set_view_interval = maxis._make_getset_interval(
         "view", "zz_viewLim", "intervalx")
     get_data_interval, set_data_interval = maxis._make_getset_interval(