Originally posted by warmonger:
If it's just an axle, use a magnet and change the fluid!
Screw pulling it out.

As far as procedure, I'd stick a telescoping magnet in where the axles go and fish around. Then when I drained the fluid I'd stick it in there too.
Last, inspect the axle shaft first to see how clean of a break it was and how far into the splines it broke. It may be that it broke right at the edge of the splines where the oil seal rides. In that case, don't drain the fluid first, let the fluid push out the material through the axle holes when you finally pull the old axle out.

Heads up, youmany need to pull the passenger axle intermediate shaft to push out the piece of axle that is stuck in the shaft. IDK about the quaife but the torsen has a small hole in it that you could use a long punch to push the piece of axle out of the differential from the opposite side.



.......shows that some owners
would put an expensive diff unit at risk Vs doing the
job correctly! It's half a**ed and the chances of
leaving debris in the diff very high. If you fully
understand the construction of an ATB diff you would
know that it is very easy for debris from the shaft to
make its way to the sun & planet gears and cause
damage. If the diff(Quaife ) still failed after this
poor attempt at removing the metal Quaife WOULD NOT
honor any warranty as the fault had not be caused by
their part. Bad post to encourage owners to risk such a
high cost component...not very smart at all.

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