Okay, I'm just about out of patience with this thing.
Background:
I broke the shortside (passenger) inner axleshaft on my front Dana 60 on my last trailride (it was an older "necked-down" shaft). This in turn wiped out the inner axle seal.
I've had these axles apart before, and I completely stripped and rebuilt this one before installing it into my truck including removing the carrier several times while setting up the gears and always just used a couple of prybars.
However, I cannot for the life of me get the frickin' carrier out now. I've tried:
case spreader
multiple prybars up to 3' long in multiple positions
slide hammer
large deadblow hammer
extra person
and every combination of the above (case spreader installed, one person prying on it with two bars, and me using a slide hammer)
I can get the passenger side started (the side the shaft broke on), but cannot budge the drivers side.
It's an open 4.10 carrier with a Lock-right. There is no sign of locker damage and no chunks fell out of the gear lube. The carrier has some scarring from a previous pinion bearing failure (prior to me getting and rebuilding the axle). There was some water in the diff from having to go through some creeks after the shaft broke. There is nothing obvious stuck in the axle tubes that I can see.
The bearing caps are removed and both side axleshafts are removed...........anybody have any ideas????? /forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif
I'm literally almost ready to torch the carrier in half /forums/images/graemlins/eek.gif
Background:
I broke the shortside (passenger) inner axleshaft on my front Dana 60 on my last trailride (it was an older "necked-down" shaft). This in turn wiped out the inner axle seal.
I've had these axles apart before, and I completely stripped and rebuilt this one before installing it into my truck including removing the carrier several times while setting up the gears and always just used a couple of prybars.
However, I cannot for the life of me get the frickin' carrier out now. I've tried:
case spreader
multiple prybars up to 3' long in multiple positions
slide hammer
large deadblow hammer
extra person
and every combination of the above (case spreader installed, one person prying on it with two bars, and me using a slide hammer)
I can get the passenger side started (the side the shaft broke on), but cannot budge the drivers side.
It's an open 4.10 carrier with a Lock-right. There is no sign of locker damage and no chunks fell out of the gear lube. The carrier has some scarring from a previous pinion bearing failure (prior to me getting and rebuilding the axle). There was some water in the diff from having to go through some creeks after the shaft broke. There is nothing obvious stuck in the axle tubes that I can see.
The bearing caps are removed and both side axleshafts are removed...........anybody have any ideas????? /forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif
I'm literally almost ready to torch the carrier in half /forums/images/graemlins/eek.gif
