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.

 

[Jobi-Wan Kenobi]

I got the axle assembly mostly put back together yesterday. I took it to my place of work. Spent pretty much the whole day there getting it cleaned up and putting it together. For whatever reason I have one seal that I couldn't get back in (ironically the one for the shaft on the drivers side) so probably deal with that tomorrow.

With this thing out, is there anything else that I should do besides the o-ring for the oil pick up tube before it goes back in?

 

[Rocket Man]

Wait- you got that axle back in with the circlip holding it?

 

[Jobi-Wan Kenobi]

@Rocket Man no, my dad and I took it over to a guys place last weekend to see if he could help get it apart after we pulled it and split the case. He had a bearing spreader on there loaded up pretty good but the cir clip wouldn't let go. The flange on the shaft ended up breaking so we ended up torching the flange off and up pretty much disassembling the entire thing. From there the shaft was able to be pushed out with a press.

 

[89Suburban]

@Rocket Man no, my dad and I took it over to a guys place last weekend to see if he could help get it apart after we pulled it and split the case. He had a bearing spreader on there loaded up pretty good but the cir clip wouldn't let go. The flange on the shaft ended up breaking so we ended up torching the flange off and up pretty much disassembling the entire thing. From there the shaft was able to be pushed out with a press.

Damn!!

 

[Jobi-Wan Kenobi]

Well I'd have rather spent Thanksgiving weekend doing other things besides working on the Tahoe but here we are

Super productive day yesterday. Got the engine oil pan dropped and changed the pickup tube o-ring. Got the pan put back in with a fresh gasket. Dad helped me get the axle assembly back up there then got most of the front end back together.

This morning finished getting things back together and took a torque wrench to a few things. Got the engine and axle filled with oil and went for a drive. Things seem good. Now on to other things.

 

[89Suburban]

Well I'd have rather spent Thanksgiving weekend doing other things besides working on the Tahoe but here we are

Super productive day yesterday. Got the engine oil pan dropped and changed the pickup tube o-ring. Got the pan put back in with a fresh gasket. Dad helped me get the axle assembly back up there then got most of the front end back together.

This morning finished getting things back together and took a torque wrench to a few things. Got the engine and axle filled with oil and went for a drive. Things seem good. Now on to other things.

Good job man!!!!

 

[Rocket Man]

Awesome news. I was just thinking about this project, how it was going. Perseverance paid off! Nice job.

 

[Jobi-Wan Kenobi]

@Rocket Man I could feel myself kind of dragging my feet going to work on it. Like I just didn't want to. But glad I'm getting somewhere now.

 

[Rocket Man]

@Rocket Man I could feel myself kind of dragging my feet going to work on it. Like I just didn't want to. But glad I'm getting somewhere now.

You just needed a win. Glad you got it.