Thread: Something broke !

I was driving one of my kids to his mates place yesterday arvo, in stop start traffic, when I heard a bang and lost drive in the front axle - front prop shaft spinning but no go , got home by locking the centre diff.

I pulled the passenger side CV and half shaft out OK ( look to be in great nick ) but the driver side shaft is stuck in the diff. After some gentle persuasion with a hammer, all I managed to do was separate the CV from the shaft - I wish they were always that easy .

I plan to weld an axle puller to the end of the half shaft when I get time, and bash it out that way, but was just wondering if there is an easier way.

Also, I can’t understand why the shaft spins freely at the diff unless you pull on it, then it seems to bind with the carrier - maybe I should drop the oil and see if there are any bits of diff gears floating around.


Any advice/sympathy appreciated [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] .


Bruce - 86 2WD Isuzu County.

PS – where can I get good but cheap half shafts?

Update – the halfshaft had broken at the diff end, and the splines had flared making it hard to pull out of the side gear. It took me about 3 hours to make a puller ( welding didn’t work ) and its out. I removed the diff to get the broken bit and all looks good so all I need now is a new half shaft and I can hit the beach again [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]


Bruce.