Hi Jim,
do you still have the axle shafts inserted into the rear end?
There is no way the gearset will come off if there are two splined
"retaining pins" still inserted into the side gears.
If you have removed the axles, try a little leverage between the
housing and the front casting.
Regards,
Graeme Suckling
1965 SP310 - under construction DSOA Member # 112
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1971 P510 4 door - daily driver, original owner, highly modified.
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1972 P510 2 door - in storage.
1973 HS30/240Z - re-building to 2003 specs.
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Adelaide, South Australia.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Jim Cawrse
Sent: Wednesday, 5 March 2003 3:09 AM
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: How to I get the darn gears out of the rear end!
For all:
I am almost done parting out my 71 510 partswagon.
The wagons have the same rear axle as our roadsters,
except its an inch or two wider, or narrower, I forget
exactly. Anyway, this parts car is an automatic, and
they came with deep gears, maybe 4.34, and in any event
close to that, as counted by the driveway spin and count
test.
I would keep the whole rear axle, except it makes it a
whole lot harder to get rid of the car-cass when it
cant roll. But I want to keep the gears. The car
only has 90K, so they might be in great shape. I took
off all the nuts around the nose of the differental,
and then since I couldn't pull it out, I took off the
giant nut on the input shaft. This nut was very tight,
my 18 inch breaker bar would not work, and I had to
resort to a Carolina Impact Wrench. So, that nut
is off, and the darn nose still will not pull off.
What stupid, simple, step am I missing??? The nose
wiggles a bit, and comes out about 1/8 inch, and
that is it.
TIA for help,
Jim Cawrse
Chesapeake, Virginia
67 pushrod 2L 5spd
72 510 sportwagon project
71 510 partswagon car-cass
oh yea, Carolina Impact Wrench=
2# ball peen hammer, whacking on
a large cold chisel, aimed at a corner
of the nut....you can take things off
and put them on this way only about the
same number of times as the nut has
corners, but I am not planning on re-use
of the nut in this case.....
Also, my apologies to Carolina Roadster
Owners, feel free to make a Virginia joke.
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