[Spridgets] strange problem expert needed

[Peter C]

I've never broken one (my GF did..... honest), I'm no expert, didn't 
stay at a Holiday Inn, but strange?.... mebbe.

All I can say is keep hammering. Mine was a wire wheel Midget. I 
finally bought a scruffy used knock-off, drilled a hole in it, and 
used a BF slide hammer. The once-mushroom end eventually squeezed 
enough to come out. It mushrooms into the space between the carrier 
bearing and the gear. Make something similar so you can get a slide 
hammer on it..... a BF one.  You probably should inspect/replace the 
bearing. I didn't, but then I sold the car to the same GF ;-)

Peter C.
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At 03:01 PM 10/18/2007, you wrote:

>I have a broken halfshaft on the bugeye.  The problem is I cannot pull it
>out....It comes out about 3/8 inch and binds up.  I have tryed prying
>it..hammering it ...took out other halfshaft...slid right out.  Unbolted
>differential...but cannot remove because halfshaft stilll engaged.  If I turn
>halfshaft differential turns ....but in some positions it does not spin diffy
>so I feel certain it is a half shaft problem.  Open to any ideas
>Thank you in advance
>Jerry