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Old 07-23-2010, 09:35 PM
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So what does it mean when an one axle wont come out the diff? Is the diff fu*ked?
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Ken, Pry bars will do the job, 2 of them to be exact.
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hydro press. I covered mine in anti-seize and yesterday when I had to swap one on my daily it slid off by hand.
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I used two pry bars. Took a while, but came out.
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The diff isn't f**ed necessarily. It can be really difficult to get those axles out sometimes.
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