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Went to do the front pinion seal on the suzi today and found theres a kinda locking tab (piece of the nut hammered in a small cutout in the pinion shaft) and for the life of me i cant seem to get it out so i can undo the bolt. anyone hav any tips?



also a while back i destroyed my rear diff so i swapped it for a spare i had, the flanges on diff were different offset and used smaller bolts so swapped the slip joint on the drive shafts. Now i am just wondering if its posible i now hav different rations in my diffs? they are both from 89 widetracks.

'THE'.....its friggin 'THE'...........

thank you .....now once you have punched the tab up and out of the way you will have to lock the flange somehow (i.e with a bit of chain etc) and then using a good breaker bar try to crack the nut.

joeblow wrote:'THE'.....its friggin 'THE'...........

haha its obviously been edited now... what was it? im very curious... was it 'da' or 'teh'. It really gives me the shits when people purposely use 'teh'.

anyway back to the topic. What methods have you tried using to get the tab out? From memory i used either an old screw driver or a centre punch with 4lb hammer. Centre punch probably would be best.

The hardest job will probably be actually undoing the nut!

Mike

I just did my transfer case but I think the flanges are very similar. Knock the tab out with a centre punch, you just have to move it out a little. Drill a couple of holes in the end of a LONG star picket the same distance apart as the holes on your flange and bolt it to it so it stays still, then as others have said use a long breaker bar to undo the bolt. I had to slip a length of pipe over mine and they were still fairly hard to undo.

i had accidently typed "teh" on a few occations i dont do it on purpose it just happens wen i type......

ive tried gettin in behind it with a small screw driver but its very stubern and stuck in there... i hav a rattle gun for undoin it

'HAVE'.....its friggin 'HAVE'...........


Just kidding...

I use a centre punch when I do them. The tab normally bends in as 2 seperate parts. Use the centre punch on these individually. A couple of mild whacks with the hammer usually does the job.

Then you'll need to lock off the driveshaft with a chain and a couple of bolts as suggested, before going to town with the 4' breaker bar.
Most rattleguns won't have the torque to undo these nuts.
My snap on 3/4inch one couldn't - and torque wise it's one of the strongest on the market.

-Mark.

sweet got it off with the use of a centre punch and a top of the range snap on rattle gun

no the new seal is in how tight am i supose to do it back up?

cheers

dont over tighten it as it cah crush the crush sleeve and put the gears out of alignment. do it till it bites then a 1/4 turn. shouldnt effect diff noise unless you over tighten it