Thanks for reply. I had an idea that since the pinion shaft can be
removed from the "cover", I wondered if it could be done with the diff
left in the case. But I will do it the correct way.
John
>Dick is right here.
>The series of nuts you see are what bolts the entire diff carrier
>into the axle case. It wont come out without removing the axles.
>
>
>>I'm trying to avoid this in attempting to replace the bolts with the
>>gear assy in place.
>
>It is not possible to even touch the bolts without taking the entire
>carrier from the axle case. This is a bench top opperation.
>There is no reason to remove the drive shaft flange for this
>opperation, so dont bother.
>
>If your question is really "do I have to remove the gears from the
>carrier to replace the ring gear bolts?". The answer is no,
>unless you find a broken bolt in the diff carrier, but then you'd
>be in really deep stuff.
>
>
>
>Jarrid Gross
>
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