In an effort to eliminate the clunking from the rear-end of
my 73 MGB, I was planning on replacing the thrust washers
behind the differential gears this weekend. I encountered
a problem and am looking for help/suggestions:
The differential carrier gears are splined to accept the inner
end of the axle shaft; so in order to remove the gears from the
carrier, one of the axles must be removed (or pulled out far
enough so that the splines can clear the gear). The repair
procedure says to remove the 4 nuts that secure the hub bearing
cap to the axle housing and pull on the hub to get the shaft to
clear the gear. Right. I removed these, bolted the wheel securely
back onto the hub and pulled... and PULLED... and I cant get the
shaft to move. I have the pinion pin removed from the carrier
but cant get the gears out until the axle clears. Am I forgetting
something?? Anybody got a better way to remove the axleshaft??
I dont want to pull the back of the car off of the stands :-O.
-Scott
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