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Urgent Diagnosis help needed
davidlandy:
--- Quote from: "gords" ---Well, it's not the half shafts - they came out in one piece with perfect splines at the required end :wink:
Got to the point where I've undone the diff nuts (not taken them off completely yet), but the diff seems pretty well stuck in place! What's the best way to persuade it to come off?
Also, how heavy are these things - do I need a helper?
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when mine was stuck in I undid the filler plug and put a bar in there to help it off.
after a tap with the hammer it broke the seal and hey presto out it came.
gords:
--- Quote from: "muddyweb" ---Give it a good wiggle :-)
You might even need to give it a thump with a big rubber mallet to get it loose, then it is a case of wiggling it out of the casing... it will probably get stuck / snagged on the way out.
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Wiggling didn't work :wink: Gave it a thump or two but it didn't budge - and I ran out of time.
--- Quote from: "muddyweb" ---If you are big, butch and strong
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You've met me ... what do you reckon :wink: :lol: ... OK, I'll find a strong helper :roll: Any big, butch and strong chaps (or chapesses :wink: ) out there then? :)
ChrisW:
If you're doing it from underneath lying on the floor... get a trolley jack under it - you really don't want something like that dropping onto your chest or any other part of the body :shock: - jacking it up may help to loosen it off as well :wink:
xmob:
--- Quote from: "gords" ---Any big, butch and strong chaps (or chapesses :wink: ) out there then? :)
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Whoooaaa! This is a forum for off road enthusiats. :D
Seriously, find some way to support the diff when removing it. I had one land on my chest, then clouted my head when I jumped up in pain, then clouted it again when I recoiled back, ouch!
Putting it back isn't so bad, because you already know how heavy it is.
Wanderer:
--- Quote from: "Wanderer" ---If you leave a couple of nuts on either top or bottom then that will stop the diff from falling on you.
As Neil said it is well sealed. EP90 will find it's way out of even the tiniest pinhole. The brake pipe mount is at the top. You might want to make sure it isn't stuck to the diff housing as you remove it.
Sounds like the carrier or pins. As you weren't off road it might be the pins. If you look at my pictures I managed to shatter the carrier and shoot the pins out of the back cover. The diff guard stopped Paul from getting one through his wndscreen.
Ed
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Just re-read this and it sounds pants.
Undo the nuts but leave them near the end of the threads to allow some movement of the casing while you are freeing it. A stanley blade will help to free off the silicon/hylomar.
Ed
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