whats the trick????

trying to remove my rear axles to replace cv's but cant get the axles out of the diff.  any help plz.  what am I missing. tried pushing in anf yanking out but with no success.

Yank harder! Seriously!!

didn't end up getting the axle out of the rear diff, but was able to get the cv joint off.  shouldn't the star inside the race that holds the bearings in move freely inside there.  mine bines up.  it was a bitch to get out too. here are a few pics of them. also I have gorilla axles so does that mean im gonna have to get there rebuild kit?



















thanks man ill give it a little more hell

I would think yes to your question. And yes they should move freely. And you just have to giver hell to get them out of the diff.

When it's all together with the balls in, it should be tight and kinda hard to move around.  That cage looks like hell, you will need a kit.  Looks the same as my stock parts, but you better get the gorilla kit to be sure unless you have some parts from a stock one to compare.

Also, you will be happy with the rebuild, mine is still going strong with no problems.

When you put the new stuff in there, that last ball can be a real mofo to get in.  Have hammer ready and don't hit it hard enough to damage anything.

Gear One makes some nice CV cages too.Very reputable company.300M material if I remember right.

Should slide in and out easily and almost no slack at all when you try to rotate the shaft inside the assembled CV inner.Get those new parts to rebuild it for trouble free future. Check out Ole Nasty's home made CV puller.

im not having a problem removing the cv, im having problem removing the axle out of the diff.  ive yanked and yanked but I cant seem to get either side out. I bout yank the SOB off the jack stands. front came right out with no problem.  damn gorilla axles.

Ole Nasty made his tool to fit a slide hammer and it has a exhaust clamp that tightens around the outside of the inner CV joint other than that. You can remove the opposite side and with a long punch tap the end through the ring gear,good luck.

can get the axles out of the inner cv so that wont do me no good

To remove the axle from the inner CV joint pull the boot back from the CV joint then look inside for the ring pop the ring and the CV will come apart. Once the out part is of wipe the grease and look for a snap ring,remove the snap ring and carefully tap off the inner CV don't loose your balls,note which way the piece that holds the balls comes off. The inner part of the CV only fits one way.

thanks man ill give that a try.