DIY Output shaft change?
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Drifting
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DIY Output shaft change?
Has anyone changed the left output shaft in their differential themselves?
I was looking thru the manual and it seems like you don't change any of the clearances so you should be able to slide both shafts out the right side, split them and replace the long one.
Mike V
I was looking thru the manual and it seems like you don't change any of the clearances so you should be able to slide both shafts out the right side, split them and replace the long one.
Mike V
Last edited by MikeV; Mar 3, 2005 at 02:10 PM.
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Yes, you can do it yourself. Someone has posted directions before. Do a search for them. 
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St. Jude Donor '11
Originally Posted by MikeV
Has anyone changed the left output shaft in their differential themselves?
I was looking thru the manual and it seems like you don't change any of the clearances so you should be able to slide both shafts out the right side, split them and replace the long one.
Mike V
I was looking thru the manual and it seems like you don't change any of the clearances so you should be able to slide both shafts out the right side, split them and replace the long one.
Mike V
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Burning Brakes
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Originally Posted by MikeV
Thanks Tom. Thats just what I was looking for.
Mike V
Mike V
Someone asked the same question as you did last week so I went out to the garage and switched one out.
Took me an hour and fifteen including the pics.
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St. Jude Donor '11
Ah yes, I was forgetting that the mounting stud needs to come out to get the carrier assembly out so I don't see it being possible without yanking the diff.
But it doesn't sound like this is what you were referring to anyway (replacing the output shaft(s) with the diff still in the car). Still not a bad job though, especially with those detailed instructions.
But it doesn't sound like this is what you were referring to anyway (replacing the output shaft(s) with the diff still in the car). Still not a bad job though, especially with those detailed instructions.
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Drifting
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I went thru the manual and of course its a complete rebuild. So looking at the pictures I thought you could skip some steps. I was wondering about the stud that they double nuted to remove .... I figured it was an interference.
Mike V
Mike V