Originally posted by MapOfTaziFoShoââ??¢:
How can you push the drivers side axle out thru the diff?! It isn't possible...

I used a pic a fork






Actually, it depends on the differential, but if you pull the extender shaft out then you can use a brass drift to tap it out, or at least help tap it out from the other side since there is space all the way through the factory diff other than the pin. The torsen has a small hole, about 3/8" that a slender punch can be put through. I have a few quality punches that can be used to go through the hole, but mostly I just get a big pry bar and and a large screwdriver and try to pop the axle from two sides by prying against it on the housing. They two prying instruments end up being about 120 degrees apart due to the trans housing shape, but you get the point. Two parts seem to work better than one.


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