Bye Bye Axleshaft.....

[ComancheKid45]

Ha Ha, well my Day ended a bit early today, but for your enjoyment we got it on video.

 

[cheapmj]

:wrench: build it better try again :clapping:

[cody4359]

shoulda bumped right not left :D atleast its an easy fix

[glundblad]

Your friends were a big help "Well, at least that wasnt us". :rotf:

[SW86]

seems like ive said it before but awsome porno stache' man

 

 

and you could of had that! those bumps where at crawl speeds and then you hit the gas after you didnt make it :shake: still fun to watch though

[mvusse]

Stocks shafts with the 760 joints, Aussie locker and 35s. No breakage with this abuse:

 

ClkrdnotVKQ

 

If anyone has seen Peterson's 4 Wheel and Offroad 2009 Ultimate Adventure, the last part of that climb may look familiar.

[SW86]

^^^^^ now thats how you do it!

 

i liked the "you want a spotter?"....."no." :rotf:

[ComancheKid45]

Sweet Video!

 

I'm going 2 pull a replacement here this morning, That hill hasnt seen the last of me, I have been up it in dry conditions but in yesterdays mud and considering 4 vehicles had been up or attempted it prior to me....yeah it was a bit more work. No harm though Its all part of the game :wrench:

[ComancheKid45]

All fixed up now after todays work. :wrench: :D

 

here's a photo of the carnage :bowdown:

 

[btm24]

oh that wasent that bad :ack: It looked worth it to me tho :D

 

Brandon

[SW86]

pretty good job for a first time. how fun was it getting that hub out. I'm fighting one now on my spare axle :fs1:

[Pete M]

I've been told that this method works ok:

 

 

 

sounds plausible to me. use the power steering to help with the grunt work. :D though I guess it won't help as much on an axle that is separate from the truck. :(

[SW86]

believe me if i could do that trick, i would :( ill get it though

[mvusse]

I've done that trick and it works great. I've also backed removed two bolts and almost completely backout the third one, and use the same trick on the bolt head.

 

First time I had no clue how to do it and spent 4 hours removing the unit bearing from the steering knuckle.

[ComancheKid45]

I just swapped the whole assembly, hub and all......but using the power steering to pop the old assemblys free work great everytime. Mine wasnt 2 tight since i had just installed the locker a month or 2 back. :wrench:

[Sir Sam]

I've been told that this method works ok:

 

 

 

sounds plausible to me. use the power steering to help with the grunt work. :D though I guess it won't help as much on an axle that is separate from the truck. :(

 

Jesus, did you dig that thing out of the bottom of the atlantic?

 

I've done that trick and it works great. I've also backed removed two bolts and almost completely backout the third one, and use the same trick on the bolt head.

 

First time I had no clue how to do it and spent 4 hours removing the unit bearing from the steering knuckle.

 

I don't know what you guys are doing wrong, you undo the three bolts holding the hub in, and then you pull the hub out, generally its easier if you undo the nut first so when you pull the hub the axle will slide out at the same time.

[mvusse]

I hate you!

 

Here in the rust belt where they use salt on the roads, shiny clean metal will look like Pete's picture after one winter. Any unit bearing that has been in the vehicle for more than a year is rust-welded in place. You remove (or break off) the three bolts, breaking a few sockets ratchets and breaker bars in the process, and then you still have to break apart the weld holding the unit bearing to the steering knuckle.

[Sir Sam]

I think tomorrow I will take some pics of the bottom side of my 2000 XJ to make you guys cry.

 

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