31-08-2020, 12:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 31-08-2020, 12:11 PM by Stuart Giles.
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Easiest way is as Robert's post above.
You might need to shove a piece of bar or such through the left hand spring eye and lean down on the spring to get enough clearance to withdraw the axle tube.
When splitting the diff to remove the dud halfshaft, put one halfshaft in the vice, slide either of the halfshafts into the diff and it will lock making it easier to undo the nuts that hold the two halves together. If there isn't any marking from a previous stripdown, scribe a line across the two halves of the diff to make sure you put it back together with the same orientation.
Before assembling your hub onto the replacement halfshaft it's well worth lapping the two tapers together with some coarse grinding paste to prevent the hub and shaft seating on a couple of high spots which will cause the hub to shoot loose later.
You might need to shove a piece of bar or such through the left hand spring eye and lean down on the spring to get enough clearance to withdraw the axle tube.
When splitting the diff to remove the dud halfshaft, put one halfshaft in the vice, slide either of the halfshafts into the diff and it will lock making it easier to undo the nuts that hold the two halves together. If there isn't any marking from a previous stripdown, scribe a line across the two halves of the diff to make sure you put it back together with the same orientation.
Before assembling your hub onto the replacement halfshaft it's well worth lapping the two tapers together with some coarse grinding paste to prevent the hub and shaft seating on a couple of high spots which will cause the hub to shoot loose later.