Thanks for the video! I tried pulling the left side intermediate shaft out this morning using the Dodge repair manual but that didn't work. So, I ended up doing it the way you indicate here. It was a lot longer in doing it this way but ultimately, I got the shaft changed finally!
I'm glad you made this video. This is how I just had to get my drivers side shaft out (replacing cv axles, stub axle and drivers side axle). However, I did mess up and the gears popped out just like you warned. I was able to get one of them back in but the other was fighting me so I gave in for the night. Now I'm researching how to put it back in lol
awesome video. I have to replace both of my shafts I have the front diff out and sitting on my work bench. but I couldn't figure out how to get them out. ill try this in morning.
You don’t need to remove the clip or the pin, just wedge a pry bar between the shaft and the pin and tap on the wedge and it’ll pop out the shaft from where the spring clip seats, this is only good if you don’t have the removal tool to clamp on the end of the shaft.
I saw this video, tried other ways before i decided to give in. Ended up putting vise grips at the end and tight as i could and hammered it while i spun the shaft with the vise grips.. Popped right out.. Might also have helped that i made a big groove with the air chisel to hold the vise grips from sliding off
... anybody notice the "snap rings" or "retaining clips" are thinner than the originals? I replaced the left front transaxle last year, and just replaced the LF caliper and noticed there's slop between the axle and the diff. housing. I'm wondering if that clip didn't disintegrate or pop off. Did anyone use TWO when replacing?
Thanks man, I am just now looking at how to do this and have searched the web for about 45 minute until I found your vid. Very well done and explained. I have a question: If I did make a pulling tool that got the shaft out does the snap ring come out with it ? BTW, it sounds to me you are Canadian.
You’re welcome and although I didn’t succeed in pulling the shaft out, I’m sure the snap ring would come with it because when you would try to insert the new shaft the old ring would just fall into the diff. The snap ring stops the shaft from moving out but not in. On the other note, Yes sir I am eh ;)
Thank you for the reply. I thought the purpose of your video was to show how to remove the intermediate shaft. Removing the snap ring as you described should negate the need for an axle shaft puller. Since the snap ring is what's keeping the shaft in the differential, once removed, the axle shaft should slip right out of the housing, no? Were you unable to remove the snap ring? You were so close! This video helped me out, so thanks again!
dproulx797 I ended up taking my unit to the shop. On my 2005 Ram there was only a couple inches from the diff cover and part of the steering mechanism so I was really concerned if I would have any room. Also no hoist, was laying on my back. The shop mech apparently had issues with the shaft; they charged me an addition 1/2 hour labor.
great vid. thank you! I am replacing mine now and it went just like you showed.... until that retaining ring needed to be compressed to fit back into its little grove on the ID of that gear. Any advice? I can get exactly 2 fingers in there. have tried a hose clamp like a ring compressor around it, poking and prodding to no avail... any suggestions? thanks again!
I didn't really have any issues but maybe try to squeeze it in from the outside end by the seal but make sure you have the center pin installed to stop it from going in too far.
My driver side has so much play and it's zero degrees out.. I have no 4x4 because of it, really wish it was the summer time so I could do this.. looks like I have to goto a shop -_-
Great video. How easily can the spider gears fall out? I need to pull the front left stub shaft in order to press in a new axle seal (old axle seal was leaking). I have no experience with setting gears so am a bit nervous if they come out how to set them back in properly
I replaced the CV axle and now something is making a clunking noise I pulled it back apart and I can see the clutch collar is not being held it's just wobbling around inside I lined it back up and assume it's seated put it all back together and still the noise. It does go away when I engage 4wd
@@dproulx797 figured it out the dust shield and spacer was taken out at some point. The CV and intermediate were too tight against each other and chewed up the bushing in the end of the CV which is the only real thing keeping the shafts true. So the CV was wobbling in the housing luckily it did no damage to the splines on either shaft and i thought it had wiped out the seal but it didn't. I got lucky I guesse.
Did you have to remove the Steering equipment to get to the front of the differential? I may need to do this on a 2003 Dodge Durango and there is about 1/2 inch of clearance. Kicking myself now. I was replacing the drivers side CV axle and it was frozen onto the intermediate shaft. They both came out since the inner clip is well lubricated and the one in the CV has bee on there since 2003... Had the opportunity to replace the bearing as well but did not think about it. When all reassembled I noticed there is some play in that intermediate shaft bearing. Need to tear everything back down as I can still hear a bit of a thump thump thump as I go around a corner. Got the click click click out. New hub, new ball joints... that is the last piece of rotating equipment that seems to be making noise.
No, I didn't have to remove any steering components when doing this. To me, a thump thump thump sound more like a larger item than a bearing. Good luck, I hope all goes well.
I have a question for you; Would the replacement of the drivers side be the same? I am going to have to tackle this on my passenger side in a couple days and I figured why not replace the stub shaft on the drivers side while I am in there. Just curious is all
Jacob Norton Hi there, I haven’t changed the drivers side but I can’t see any reason why it would be any different. The procedure should be the same. It’s a good idea to do both while everything is open. Good luck and if possible, let me know how it works out.
That clip doesn't need to be removed for the front diff. Take a pry bar or something long and hit the end with a hammer and the intermediate shaft will pop out. It does need to be removed for the rear but the rear clip is a different style
The other side you just slide right out with the old axle usually how it comes out. It’s still in the CV axle. I’d install a new one in new axle. Then slide it in. Nothing happens.
Prob way too late but I just posted part numbers for shaft and snap rings. Maybe someone else reading this will see it and look for them lol. Just did mine today
Hi thanks for your videos. I have a problem with my 2011 ram 1500 front diff. I have change cv schaft and intermediate axle of left side. and I think it still much play. so I opened it and take a video of it. If you can take look on my channel . Thank you.
Sometimes I hate these videos I asked for how do I remove the shaft on a 96 Dodge front and it shows me this that has a CV axles. I don't have CV axles. I have a straight axle. It's just funny how you get the right year and it wants to give you videos of the wrong year. I'm leaving with no help at all.
Thanks for the video! I tried pulling the left side intermediate shaft out this morning using the Dodge repair manual but that didn't work. So, I ended up doing it the way you indicate here. It was a lot longer in doing it this way but ultimately, I got the shaft changed finally!
I'm glad you made this video. This is how I just had to get my drivers side shaft out (replacing cv axles, stub axle and drivers side axle). However, I did mess up and the gears popped out just like you warned. I was able to get one of them back in but the other was fighting me so I gave in for the night. Now I'm researching how to put it back in lol
Thanks for the video. I had a feeling there was a snap ring of some kind in the diff. This definitely helped
me and saved me time. 👍🏼🇺🇸
This was quite helpful, I just completed the same job last night.
Thanks bud. Gonna have to do this on the drivers side now and eventually the pass side of my 2006 ram.
Excellent! Thats exactly what I wanted to know!! I did everything to boom that shaft out of there but NO WAY would it pop... I"ll try this!
This was genuinely helpful thx
Life saver buddy. Thanks
Perfect video. No BS. Right to it. Thank you.
Thank brother that was a big help
awesome video. I have to replace both of my shafts I have the front diff out and sitting on my work bench. but I couldn't figure out how to get them out. ill try this in morning.
You don’t need to remove the clip or the pin, just wedge a pry bar between the shaft and the pin and tap on the wedge and it’ll pop out the shaft from where the spring clip seats, this is only good if you don’t have the removal tool to clamp on the end of the shaft.
This awesome! Thank you good sir!
Thanks for the great video
Saved me, thank you!
i always look at an exploded parts diagram first. that tells you all part locations, most orientations, and what to look for
DUDE, YOU JUST SAVED ME $2000!!!!!!
Someone was going to charge you $2000 for this job? That's a bit much I would think. Glad you got it to work.
I saw this video, tried other ways before i decided to give in. Ended up putting vise grips at the end and tight as i could and hammered it while i spun the shaft with the vise grips.. Popped right out.. Might also have helped that i made a big groove with the air chisel to hold the vise grips from sliding off
I’m glad that worked for you. I tried everything to get mine off but had no luck which is why I went this route.
how much power do you think one off these 8" front ends can hold
... anybody notice the "snap rings" or "retaining clips" are thinner than the originals? I replaced the left front transaxle last year, and just replaced the LF caliper and noticed there's slop between the axle and the diff. housing. I'm wondering if that clip didn't disintegrate or pop off. Did anyone use TWO when replacing?
Thanks man, I am just now looking at how to do this and have searched the web for about 45 minute until I found your vid. Very well done and explained. I have a question: If I did make a pulling tool that got the shaft out does the snap ring come out with it ? BTW, it sounds to me you are Canadian.
You’re welcome and although I didn’t succeed in pulling the shaft out, I’m sure the snap ring would come with it because when you would try to insert the new shaft the old ring would just fall into the diff. The snap ring stops the shaft from moving out but not in. On the other note, Yes sir I am eh ;)
Thank you for this video. What kept you from succeeding pulling the shaft out?
Jay Cee I’m not sure but it just bent the home made puller I had and wouldn’t snap out. My guess is the snap ring worked too well ;)
Thank you for the reply. I thought the purpose of your video was to show how to remove the intermediate shaft. Removing the snap ring as you described should negate the need for an axle shaft puller. Since the snap ring is what's keeping the shaft in the differential, once removed, the axle shaft should slip right out of the housing, no? Were you unable to remove the snap ring? You were so close! This video helped me out, so thanks again!
dproulx797 I ended up taking my unit to the shop. On my 2005 Ram there was only a couple inches from the diff cover and part of the steering mechanism so I was really concerned if I would have any room. Also no hoist, was laying on my back. The shop mech apparently had issues with the shaft; they charged me an addition 1/2 hour labor.
great vid. thank you! I am replacing mine now and it went just like you showed.... until that retaining ring needed to be compressed to fit back into its little grove on the ID of that gear. Any advice? I can get exactly 2 fingers in there. have tried a hose clamp like a ring compressor around it, poking and prodding to no avail... any suggestions? thanks again!
I didn't really have any issues but maybe try to squeeze it in from the outside end by the seal but make sure you have the center pin installed to stop it from going in too far.
yeah my pin wont go in i have the shafts fully compressed but they are still in the way of the pin going back in
My driver side has so much play and it's zero degrees out.. I have no 4x4 because of it, really wish it was the summer time so I could do this.. looks like I have to goto a shop -_-
Great video. How easily can the spider gears fall out? I need to pull the front left stub shaft in order to press in a new axle seal (old axle seal was leaking). I have no experience with setting gears so am a bit nervous if they come out how to set them back in properly
I haven’t had to replace the shims so I can’t say for sure but if your careful when you turn them they won’t fall out that easily.
@@dproulx797 thx man appreciate u taking the time to get back to me
I leave the pin and and hammer a wedge or pry bar between the pin and axle shafts and they pop right out.
I replaced the CV axle and now something is making a clunking noise I pulled it back apart and I can see the clutch collar is not being held it's just wobbling around inside I lined it back up and assume it's seated put it all back together and still the noise. It does go away when I engage 4wd
I’m sorry I don’t really know what is wrong there.
@@dproulx797 figured it out the dust shield and spacer was taken out at some point. The CV and intermediate were too tight against each other and chewed up the bushing in the end of the CV which is the only real thing keeping the shafts true. So the CV was wobbling in the housing luckily it did no damage to the splines on either shaft and i thought it had wiped out the seal but it didn't. I got lucky I guesse.
@@Paniro02 I'm glad to hear you figured it out. Thanks for letting me know.
Did you have to remove the Steering equipment to get to the front of the differential? I may need to do this on a 2003 Dodge Durango and there is about 1/2 inch of clearance. Kicking myself now. I was replacing the drivers side CV axle and it was frozen onto the intermediate shaft. They both came out since the inner clip is well lubricated and the one in the CV has bee on there since 2003... Had the opportunity to replace the bearing as well but did not think about it. When all reassembled I noticed there is some play in that intermediate shaft bearing. Need to tear everything back down as I can still hear a bit of a thump thump thump as I go around a corner. Got the click click click out. New hub, new ball joints... that is the last piece of rotating equipment that seems to be making noise.
No, I didn't have to remove any steering components when doing this. To me, a thump thump thump sound more like a larger item than a bearing. Good luck, I hope all goes well.
@@dproulx797 Well it is very faint but I can hear it and just ever so slightly feel it. Then again, at 165k miles I will probably make worse noises!
If the axle shaft comes out with the CV do you just push the axle back and and give it a wack to reinstall the axle shaft?
Yes but I didn't have to whack it. I just pushed mine in until it clicked.
How did you compress the clip to get it to slide back into the spider gear?
Philip Molino I used my fingers.
I have a question for you; Would the replacement of the drivers side be the same? I am going to have to tackle this on my passenger side in a couple days and I figured why not replace the stub shaft on the drivers side while I am in there. Just curious is all
Jacob Norton
Hi there, I haven’t changed the drivers side but I can’t see any reason why it would be any different. The procedure should be the same. It’s a good idea to do both while everything is open. Good luck and if possible, let me know how it works out.
Will do thanks for the fast reply, I will try and take some pictures when I can
That clip doesn't need to be removed for the front diff. Take a pry bar or something long and hit the end with a hammer and the intermediate shaft will pop out. It does need to be removed for the rear but the rear clip is a different style
Thanks for the comment but as mentioned in the video, this procedure is to show what to do if it won't pop out.
Very Helpful! Thanks. God bless you, Jesus is the way to eternal life!
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Amen
Did you have to drop the rack and pinion to access the differential...??? Thank you
@@nealecole8768 no I did not.
The other side you just slide right out with the old axle usually how it comes out. It’s still in the CV axle. I’d install a new one in new axle. Then slide it in. Nothing happens.
How are you able to turn your diff gears there? I've tried on my 2010 and it won't move.
I don’t recall doing anything special. Both front wheels off the ground is all I can remember.
Nice
Where can I find the replacement shaft I’ve had nothing but trouble getting one
You can check Rock auto.
Prob way too late but I just posted part numbers for shaft and snap rings. Maybe someone else reading this will see it and look for them lol. Just did mine today
Hi thanks for your videos. I have a problem with my 2011 ram 1500 front diff. I have change cv schaft and intermediate axle of left side. and I think it still much play. so I opened it and take a video of it.
If you can take look on my channel .
Thank you.
cant get the pinion back in ;(
I'm wondering is it the same to remove the axle stub shaft on the other side? What does it take to do this?
It should be the same for both sides. I used a 35mm socket to remove the CV axle nut.
I can't get the pin to go back in. The shafts are pushing in
If you mean the large center pin, are the c clips compressed and pressed into the spyder gears?
Thats the only way to remove it. Is there a bearing in there as well?
There is a bearing but if you are just removing/replacing the shaft, you don't need to worry about it.
Jb weld
Job weld
All you had to do was get a pry bar and a hammer
I tried and tried with that and a slide hammer and it's stuck like crazy
Sometimes I hate these videos I asked for how do I remove the shaft on a 96 Dodge front and it shows me this that has a CV axles. I don't have CV axles. I have a straight axle. It's just funny how you get the right year and it wants to give you videos of the wrong year. I'm leaving with no help at all.