Member Since: 02 Jun 2014
Location: Ayrshire
Posts: 15
Urgent Help/Advice required - CV joint \ diff
I'm currently in the process of replacing my front NS half shaft. The inner CV boot has been split for a long time and the CV joint is knackered. I've got to a stage where the shaft has seperated from the CV joint at the diff and I cannot get CV joint out of the diff. I have tried alsorts to get it to come and no joy. Its now been 4 hours trying to get it to come and I'm at the stage of pouring a gallon of petrol over it and burning the bloody thing!
Any advice on how to get it out would be massively appreciated.
Note: I've got the luxury of cold concrete and axle stands to work withDisco 3 TDV6
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16th Dec 2017 5:46 pm
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A brass drift and a lump hammer.
Assuming you’ve tried a long prybar and rotating what’s left of the joint to balance the pressure on it.Bodsys Brake Bible
You need two pry bars on either side of the joint and give it quick jerks to pop it out, or as Ian suggested turn it as you hit it.
Flack
Last edited by Flack on 16th Dec 2017 11:12 pm. Edited 1 time in total
16th Dec 2017 6:59 pm
gav0994
Member Since: 02 Jun 2014
Location: Ayrshire
Posts: 15
Cheers for the replies so far. I've given up for the night as its now -1c and likely to get colder.
looks to be quite hard to get in with a drift - especially lying under it with it on axle stands.
Struggling to get in with 2 pry bars aswell. I've tried using one bar and rotating the CV joint and trying to work it out. I can pull it about 2-3mm then can feel the wire clip on the end of the shaft hitting the inside and it wont come any further.
Going to make up a puller of some sort tomorrow thar can get in behind the CV joint and have a long bar on it that I can whack with a hammer to pull it out.
This is certainly the worst "2-3 hour" job I've done on it so far.Disco 3 TDV6
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16th Dec 2017 7:47 pm
sputnixb51
Member Since: 23 Apr 2013
Location: Morayshire
Posts: 833
It’s the quick jerk or thump that’s the crucial bit, that’s What compresses the round section circlip enough to pop it out of the groove it sits in. Just applying a steady force will not do it.
16th Dec 2017 7:56 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20733
Remove the crossmember under the diff casing
Position prybar under diff onto inner face of CV joint
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