Halfshaft installation
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Halfshaft installation
OK, I"m dumb, have searched though everything on the forum I can think of, and after an hour of fighting with the car I still can't get it so I could use some help.
I have swapped the 3.90 diff out of my car in favor of a 4:10 during my auto/5spd swap. In trying to re-install the halfshafts I cannot get them to "snap" into the diff. The factory manual makes it sound so easy "push the halfshaft into the differential" but as hard as I push it just won' t go.
How important is it for the split in the clip to be facing upward? I lost track of that orientation when moving the diff around to get the halfshaft lined up. Since it took some time to get the dif in position and aligned with the mouting holes etc, I'd rather not have to pull it out again to check the clip orientation.
How hard should I have to push?
TIA
-Chris
I have swapped the 3.90 diff out of my car in favor of a 4:10 during my auto/5spd swap. In trying to re-install the halfshafts I cannot get them to "snap" into the diff. The factory manual makes it sound so easy "push the halfshaft into the differential" but as hard as I push it just won' t go.
How important is it for the split in the clip to be facing upward? I lost track of that orientation when moving the diff around to get the halfshaft lined up. Since it took some time to get the dif in position and aligned with the mouting holes etc, I'd rather not have to pull it out again to check the clip orientation.
How hard should I have to push?
TIA
-Chris
#4
For anyone else searching that comes across this post, I ended up pulling the two additional rear hub bolts off. This allowed me to pull the rotor/hub/half/shaft assembly outward. I then re-aligned the clip with the open end up as the directions say, and gave it a little bump and it went right in.
I did check the specs on my clip also to be sure it the gap/diameter was appropriate.
I can only speculate that my initial difficulties were because
a) the clip wasn' oriented properly
b) I wasn' pushing straight into the diff, and I was causing something to bind.
I did check the specs on my clip also to be sure it the gap/diameter was appropriate.
I can only speculate that my initial difficulties were because
a) the clip wasn' oriented properly
b) I wasn' pushing straight into the diff, and I was causing something to bind.
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