Propeller shaft stuck in torque tube
 

I have the torque tube out of the car, but I cannot remove the propeller shaft. I have removed the giant snap clip but the prop shaft will not come out.

Anyone have suggestions or any experience with this?

I just set 2 4x4 blocks on the floor and lightly dropped it on the 4x4s and it popped right out. Make sure that you put something on the floor so the shaft doesnt hit the concrete.

BC

BC

^ Exactly how I did it :yesnod:

I hit it with a rubber mallet. Just takes some muscle.

Oh wow thanks guys. We've been fighting this thing for the past 2 hours, dropped it on a piece of wood and BAM 1st try it was out.

We were trying to use a puller as referenced in the manual but to anyone doing this just drop it on some wood!

When you reinstall it, use a heat gun and warm up the Torque Tube housing on both ends and it will be a LOT easier to get back together,

BC

Thanks for the tip BC, will definitely do that first. Now just gotta get these couplers off without the shaft rolling around...:rofl:

Also, the couplers look in great condition no breaks, cracks, marks at all, its the bearings that are bad. Should I replace the couplers anyways?

Stick it in a vice AND USE HEAT to remove those bolts too. They use locktite from the factory and you'll want to use it when reinstalling those bolts also.

If you already have a new pair waiting and ready, I would put them in. It's not the type of job that I like to do very often but that's just me. If you're over say 50K miles on the car, definitely just swap them. If you're below 25K...MAYBE I'd leave them in.

00Corvette

Yeah I finally got those things out, damn blue loctite

Yeah I guess it makes sense to go ahead and swap them in. I have a sneaking suspicion the previous owner replaced the couplings as they look very new. The bearings that were in there are NSK brand, but were making a rough, ticking sort of sound when rotated.

The worst part of this by FAR is all these crazy snap-rings. I actually had to file down part of my pair so that they would open another 1/8" :smash: