So, I recently posted about having trouble with my diff removal. I didn’t have the top stud all the way out, and so I was confused as to why my axles weren’t loose. In an attempt to get them out, I pried quite a bit on a certain scection of the axles, bending it. It doesn’t look critical, but I figured I’d see what you guys said. New axles needed? I’m thinking no, these seem like dust shields for the rubber seals, and don’t seem to carry any rotational weight, so they likely won’t result in any driveline vibration. I could be wrong.
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New CV Axles?
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So, I recently posted about having trouble with my diff removal. I didn’t have the top stud all the way out, and so I was confused as to why my axles weren’t loose. In an attempt to get them out, I pried quite a bit on a certain scection of the axles, bending it. It doesn’t look critical, but I figured I’d see what you guys said. New axles needed? I’m thinking no, these seem like dust shields for the rubber seals, and don’t seem to carry any rotational weight, so they likely won’t result in any driveline vibration. I could be wrong.
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Absolutely, pretend you never noticed and put them back in. Yes a little theoretical dust will get by in that 1% but they are sheilds not seals so they never kept all dust and crap out anyway
Sadly, the ABS ring is the only real place to pry. The dust sheild is too weak (as you saw) and the is no other point to apply force to pop the circlips at the end of the driveshaft.
BTW you will also need to pry to put them back in, in that case you can put your prybar on the lip of the CV itself and hammer it in (from mulitiple points around the CV)
Sadly, the ABS ring is the only real place to pry. The dust sheild is too weak (as you saw) and the is no other point to apply force to pop the circlips at the end of the driveshaft.
BTW you will also need to pry to put them back in, in that case you can put your prybar on the lip of the CV itself and hammer it in (from mulitiple points around the CV)
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