K5Steve
1/2 ton status
What size is the nut holding it on?Does it press on?I just found that the nut holding mine on was a little loose.It turned with a cresent wrench.
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How to get yoke out of differential
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pauly383
Daddy383
What axle ?
I have used a 1 1/4 on 10 bolts , 1 1/8 on 12 bolts . Never done a 14 bolt myself .
You are supposed to do it a certain way , to preload the bearings properly .
Do a search been covered .
Personally , mine was tightened on as tight as we could with a breaker bar when I swapped my 12 bolts from truck to truck , and all is well for thousands of miles .
I have used a 1 1/4 on 10 bolts , 1 1/8 on 12 bolts . Never done a 14 bolt myself .
You are supposed to do it a certain way , to preload the bearings properly .
Do a search been covered .
Personally , mine was tightened on as tight as we could with a breaker bar when I swapped my 12 bolts from truck to truck , and all is well for thousands of miles .
K5Steve
1/2 ton status
It is a 10 bolt,sorry.I wanted to see if it was tight so I used a cresent wrench just to see if it would move and it did with minimal strength.Will the yoke slide off with the nut removed or is there a specail way to get it off.
Sometimes the yoke will just slide off, but many times you'll need some type of puller to get it to turn loose of the pinion shaft.
Geargrinder
1/2 ton status
Yup, 1 1/4" nut (nyloc, poly lock, what ever U wana call it) and 2 or 3 good whacks IF it is stuck, if not it will just slide off. I just did this to 2 10B's last week. U wamt the pinion to turn smoothly, but not real eazy 
It's hard to describe, just gota know what U are feeling for.
It's hard to describe, just gota know what U are feeling for.
K5Steve
1/2 ton status
Thanks,I'm going to replace the yoke today.It's worn down so now my u joint slides around,I just replaced the straps.
Sounds more like it's broken. There are supposed to be little tabs on each side that prevent the u-joint from sliding side-to-side.K5Steve said:
K5Steve
1/2 ton status
There are,I think they're worn down because the u joint slide back and forth and hits them.The spicer that was in it did it and the new joint is doing it too.
