Inner axle shaft fixin

[gooffeyguy]

How'd you get the shaft out in the first place?

 

[Jobi-Wan Kenobi]

@gooffeyguy pry bar and a dead blow. Today I was trying bigger pry bars, pry bars wedged in behind wood blocks (since the shaft wasn't in all the way) and had beaten them in to try getting the taper to push shaft out, and wedging a pry bar in and beating the shaft with a dead blow.

 

[George B]

I think you need a slide hammer on the flange.

 

[Jobi-Wan Kenobi]

@George B i was wondering if a slide hammer with that 3 bolt thing that looks like a bird foot would work. I have a slide hammer here from O'Reilly's but it doesn't have the other attachment.

 

[Rocket Man]

@George B i was wondering if a slide hammer with that 3 bolt thing that looks like a bird foot would work. I have a slide hammer here from O'Reilly's but it doesn't have the other attachment.

They should have a slide hammer on their loan-a-tool program with the attachments.

 

[gooffeyguy]

I've heard of people using a $6 Felling Wedge from the hardware store to separate the axle stub from the housing.

 

[Jobi-Wan Kenobi]

Dad and I took by another guy this morning. He didn't have a slide hammer but he had a bearing spreader. We got it apart but we lost the shaft in the process. Looks like new shafts cost almost as much as an entire used axle assembly. I see one of the salvage yards here has a pile of shafts though. I'll check with them to see what they want for one.

 

[Fless]

I want to say "Don't let 'em give you the shaft," but I won't.

 

[Jobi-Wan Kenobi]

@Fless See what you did there

I suppose though since I have the axle out its probably worth while now to go a little deeper and drop the oil pan and change that o-ring for the oil pick up tube.

 

[OR VietVet]

I want to say "Don't let 'em give you the shaft," but I won't.

Yea, make them "charge" you for them.