Removing nut on Diff to driveshaft flange.
 

Hello

Recently I had some sort of a freak accident where the bolts on my driveshaft to differential connection either sheered off, backed themselves out, i'm not really sure.

The part of the differential that looks like a counterweight sort of, somehow managed to disalign itself with the actual flange itself so that I cannot get the bolts through the holes without it hitting the "counterweight" IE. I cant get the bolts through to connect my driveshaft and diff back together.

So i'm wondering, is there some way I can rotate this "counterweight"? If not, any advice on how I can remove the nut in the middle of the flange? Because of the limited slip it makes it somewhat difficult to keep both rear tires from spinning so I can get any sort of leverage on it.

Thank you!

What about putting it into gear and using the e-brake?

Cant get to the bolt with the rear tires on the ground, and the driveshaft isnt connected to keep the rear tires from spinning.

No but the e brake still works in the air.

This is how I did mine, using the e-brake. GL, the hardest nuts in the car are the flywheel nut and the companion flange nut going into the diff... the four that hold the driveshaft to the companion flange werent too hard to get out on my car.

~Kris

I don't know if this is an option for you, but an air impact wrench is really the way to go on those guys. If you can borrow or buy one, do it.

My situation is very tricky as the drive shaft bolts breaking... or whatever freak accident happened down there, caused the e brake line to wrap itself around the driveshaft totally stretching it out and rendering it useless =\

are you sure your bolts were correctly installed on the driveshaft to the differential?....they are supposed to have the nuts on one side and the bolt end on another side because on the flange there are extended areas of metal on it that keep the bolt end from twisting or flexing, make sure when you do go to install the new ones that you pay attention to which way you are installing the bolts...good luck and if that was not descript enough pm me and i will take some pics of what i mean...
peace out