Need a answer, please read! Cajundude?
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Need a answer, please read! Cajundude?
Was finishing up with a rear-end swap when the left side ( drivers )
drive axel would not go all the way back in... Turns out that the knuckle
next to the diff was pulled apart... There is a keeper ring inside the boot that keeps the knuckle and the ***** in place! I pulled it apart and have reinstalled the knuckle and ***** and then the ring that should have held things in there, but now I don't know what kind of gear lube was in the boot and how much? Is this OK to fix this way or do I need a new one to be safe? Seems like it should be fine but needs the lube put back in...
By the way, Using CAJUNDUDE's rear-end instructions and help from one of my employees the job was almost complete in 4 hours...
Thanks Cajun:
drive axel would not go all the way back in... Turns out that the knuckle
next to the diff was pulled apart... There is a keeper ring inside the boot that keeps the knuckle and the ***** in place! I pulled it apart and have reinstalled the knuckle and ***** and then the ring that should have held things in there, but now I don't know what kind of gear lube was in the boot and how much? Is this OK to fix this way or do I need a new one to be safe? Seems like it should be fine but needs the lube put back in...
By the way, Using CAJUNDUDE's rear-end instructions and help from one of my employees the job was almost complete in 4 hours...
Thanks Cajun:
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Originally Posted by marlowchris
TTT for ya
Still wondering if anyone else has had this happen? And is there any reason I should not just put it back together and go? Thanks......
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Can't say that I've had that happen. What I can say is the best way I've found to actually put the shaft back into place is to pull up with your finger the base of the boot where it meets the axle or grab the boot and pull up in the middle forcing the end down, that way it will create an angle between the shaft and the boot making the boot level out a little so the connection is more straight in line. Once the teeth line up between the axle and the output shaft and it goes on a little, I grab the rotor and push one side of the rotor (kinda like a wiggling motion) in forcefully a couple of times. This will seat the axle onto the shaft fully.
Hope this makes since to you.
Hope this makes since to you.
