Removing nut on Diff to driveshaft flange.
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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!
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!
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Originally Posted by Rocking Rotary
No but the e brake still works in the air.
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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 =\
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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...
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