Hi Matt, thanks for the video. I am trying to remove the axle shaft so I can replace a leaking seal (and the bearing while I'm there.) But, I've run into a problem...I removed the 1/4-inch bolt, and that pin, but for some reason when I push on the end of the shaft it doesn't go in far enough to release the c-clip. Argh! The clip is turning free enough...but it feels like the shaft is butting up agsinst metal out at the wheel end and not simply sliding in like it does in your video and every other that I've watched. Any ideas? Suggestions? So far, I've tried tapping at the end with a rubber mallet, but nothing. Any help would be very much appreciated! ~~Thx, Mark
If I had to guess I’d bet the spider gears are binding up the shaft. Try and get them jiggled around so they are not binding. Pull the axle out and then try to push in. Good luck.
@@mynameismatt772 Thanks much for the quick replay and advice. After I had removed the center pin, I rotated the carrier housing thing around, so I could see better. Well, that was probably not a smart move, as one of the spider gears actually came out. But that's already where I was when I wrote earlier. The axle shaft didn't *seem* to be binding, on the spider gears anyway. But I gave them a good jiggle, and tapped on them with a rubber mallet. Nothing seemed to help. So...what I ended up doing was using the slide hammer that I had rented/borrowed from Advance Auto Parts, and slammed it both ways a few times. That loosened it up, the shaft went in, the c-clip fell out, and I was able to pull the axle shaft right out. I've had to button everything up til tomorrow...but with any luck, I'm on my way to getting it done. Thanks again!
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Thanks for being VERY straightforward with the process. No rambling or wasting time leading up to it.
Thanx for the short and to the point video.
Thanks matt
Hi Matt, thanks for the video. I am trying to remove the axle shaft so I can replace a leaking seal (and the bearing while I'm there.) But, I've run into a problem...I removed the 1/4-inch bolt, and that pin, but for some reason when I push on the end of the shaft it doesn't go in far enough to release the c-clip. Argh! The clip is turning free enough...but it feels like the shaft is butting up agsinst metal out at the wheel end and not simply sliding in like it does in your video and every other that I've watched. Any ideas? Suggestions? So far, I've tried tapping at the end with a rubber mallet, but nothing. Any help would be very much appreciated! ~~Thx, Mark
If I had to guess I’d bet the spider gears are binding up the shaft. Try and get them jiggled around so they are not binding. Pull the axle out and then try to push in. Good luck.
@@mynameismatt772 Thanks much for the quick replay and advice. After I had removed the center pin, I rotated the carrier housing thing around, so I could see better. Well, that was probably not a smart move, as one of the spider gears actually came out. But that's already where I was when I wrote earlier. The axle shaft didn't *seem* to be binding, on the spider gears anyway. But I gave them a good jiggle, and tapped on them with a rubber mallet. Nothing seemed to help. So...what I ended up doing was using the slide hammer that I had rented/borrowed from Advance Auto Parts, and slammed it both ways a few times. That loosened it up, the shaft went in, the c-clip fell out, and I was able to pull the axle shaft right out. I've had to button everything up til tomorrow...but with any luck, I'm on my way to getting it done. Thanks again!
Thank you very helpful
Thanks Matt