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Old May 23, 2011 | 08:45 AM
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ya i dont let anyone drive any of my cars ever
 
Old May 24, 2011 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by rowanfredo123
Hey Buddy BasicConcepts

What's The Main Reason ??

Why You Don't Wanna Do The Same !!

I Think You Loves Your Car a Lot Man ....
Originally Posted by BasicConcepts
i wouldnt for one think if it breaks your screwed second you could damage the differential
are you taking about this????

i was saying i wouldnt drive on it until the shaft is replaced if the shaft has some cracks in it and it snaps then it will fall out and you could really mess up your car or it could cause some serious damage to the diff then instead of a nice easy cheep shaft you need to replace the whole rear axle which in my experience isnt a quick job it took me about 4 hrs to pull and reinstall my axle and i know what im doing where as replacing the shaft should only take about 30 min

i did love my car until i smashed it into a telephone pole
 
Old May 24, 2011 | 04:04 PM
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bc hes a spammer. 321 gone.
 
Old May 24, 2011 | 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by nickb123
alright. Im going to a junk yard sometime this week to pull one out for $10. i will ask if i have any problems. but in the mean while, is if bad to drive with it bend?
If the axle flange is bent it is going to wobble the brake rotor. This keeps the brake pads from following the rotor as closely as they should. The end result is brakes that do not work too well and the brake pedal will pulsate, especially under a hard stop.
Being that the the axle and rim bent, you need to take a good look at the other supension parts, as they also may have been tweaked.
 

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Old May 24, 2011 | 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by craby
bc hes a spammer. 321 gone.
lol i didnt notice
 
Old May 24, 2011 | 06:20 PM
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And a badly wobbling axle/rotor makes the piston in the brake caliper pulsate in and out, which can cause it to take in some air.
Be sure to bleed your brakes, at least at that wheel, when you're done.
 
Old May 30, 2011 | 10:20 AM
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ok so i went to the junk yard and pulled out a axle in under an hour. But when i want home and started working on mine i could not get the pin out. as it turns out the pin has been worn out in some places a .2 inchs and in other in was sticking out (like bumps). I knew i wasnot getting the thing out with out damage. so i want to the junk yard again and got 4 spider gears and a pin for $10. I have hammering on the pin for about 5 hours and it had cleared the bottom spider gear. but the method i used was a dowel pushing it in, but i got to a point if i did that any more i would not be able to turn the diff to get it out. I tried a slide hammer and it didnt work. How do you think i can get it out?
 
Old May 30, 2011 | 06:40 PM
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Are you talking about the cross shaft that the spiders run on? Did you remove the lock bolt first?
 
Old May 30, 2011 | 07:15 PM
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you didnt need to remove that (if your talking about what cam is saying) its just a C clip to hold the shaft in
 
Old May 30, 2011 | 07:56 PM
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Yes the pin the spider gears are on. I removed the bolt. But I have to remove it to get the axle out. The pin is mushroomed out and maybe bent. It is stuck in the spider but not the casing.
 



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