Arb carrier removal?????

[Supreme70]

I can not get my arb carrier out of my 1977 chevy dana 44, anyone have any suggestions, I have the caps pulled and it wont budge. I thought that maybe, it was because i had jack stands on the outer portions of the axle tube and it was binding, but I have since moved them to the frame and it still won't budge. HELP PLEASE I have a bad seal that why it needs to come out.

Thanks in Advance Michael

 

[blowedupmotor87]

Subscribed, because I too need to pull apart my ARB equipped front axle soon since my inner axle seals went bad!

 

[bp71k5]

The dana axles have carriers that have built-in preload. I've had good success with putting a wrench on one of the ring gear bolts and then using a wrench to rotate the pinion and it'll push the carrier out.

 

[rcamacho]

Carrier spreader works per instructions. Else a ratchet strap around the carrier works as well.

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

I've had good success with putting a wrench on one of the ring gear bolts and then using a wrench to rotate the pinion and it'll push the carrier out.

This works everytime, don't bother screwing with anything else