Thread: Maxidrive/HiTuff rear axle query

Lionel.
they are screw on caps so bend your back mate.

"so that undoing the 5 drive flange bolts will allow the flange and axle to be withdrawn - like the Defender 90, thus doing away with the circlip."

You can do that but if you have overfilled the diff as per fitting instructions oil will run out so be prepared to catch it and it is a bugger to clean up the faces for resealing.
I use loctite pipe sealant for the gasket and to seal the end cap, works a treat never any leaks and that end cap only need to be tweaked.
I can undo mine with a big pair of mutigrips.
And they have never come loose.

Cheer,
Paul.

For the rear assemblies Barry makes the half-shaft splines and drive flanges a press on fit. This removes movement from the interface and reduces wear.

Front flanges are a slip on fit.

Thanks guys for the replies.

Harro, your point taken about withdrawing the axle & flange together, though if, as Lotz-A-Landies explains, the flanges & axles are a press fit, it might be easier to not separate them, & put up with the mess.

The axle has been converted to oil lube, so the axle shaft seal & the stub axle seal will have been removed, so there is no need to worry about damaging seals when withdrawing/replacing the axles/flanges as a unit.

The hub seal is now a double lipped type (3501), which I'll probably need to renew on reassembly, of course.

Hoping this sounds OK.

Cheers,

Lionel

Umm, correct me if I'm wrong but you will not be able to see which type of nuts are fitted by just removing the drive flange nut.......I think you have no choice to pull the flange and axle together.

Or

Buy four nuts, washers, and spacers....minor cost on top of rotors, pads, seals etc

To overfill with diff oil jack up one side.

Yeah I can't imagine you'll see anything from removing the end cap. Remove the flange and possibly axle along with it to see the bearing setup. Expect oil to dribble out. The flange might require some effort to break away from the hub. Tap with a hammer or use something to drive them apart. I hit a screwdriver in between the flange and hub although I probably make small marks in doing so. (Not a problem on my old vehicles!)

The big nut on mine is always tight to undo due to the fine thread .
I put sealant in the flat face of the nut only not on the thread.
To remove the flange, i leave 2 of the flange bolts in about 1/2way and leave the big nut on by a few threads. Take a large screwdriver and pry from the drive flange bolts to the underside of the big nut.

The easiest way to remove the flange from the hub is as thus.
Jack up only one wheel
leave wheel on hub for now
remove centre nut and split ring
remove 5 drive flange bolts
now simply spin the big black thing
axle will hold flange whilst hub turns away from it
no dings and cuts on the hub

then rattle off the wheel and carry on.

the central nut can get BFT 50mm socket with big breaker bar or big rattle gun sHOULD MAKE THEM TAL:K

Steve