Stuck axle

[Peacefulhulk]

Hello all,

I am hoping someone has had experience with this issue and can provide guidance on how to solve the issue. Vehicle is a 1969 FJ 40. The passenger side axle came out with ease. The driver's side axle is the problem child. I have pulled and pulled and this sucker will not come out. Any suggestions on what device I can use to pull it out? Thanks

 

[Living in the Past]

I would try that. In my case, it didn't help...

Same here. I loosened it up and nada.

Guessing the issue is most axles bend back which tries to push the diff further in. If the diff could move further in might help. On the FJ25 front diff has a removable cover like on the semi floating rear axle. That would allow access to the spider and side gears.

 

[Peacefulhulk]

Hello all,

I am hoping someone has had experience with this issue and can provide guidance on how to solve the issue. Vehicle is a 1969 FJ 40. The passenger side axle came out with ease. The driver's side axle is the problem child. I have pulled and pulled and this sucker will not come out. Any suggestions on what device I can use to pull it out? Thanks

Update!! A little ingenuity and the damn thing finally came out. Used an anti slip knot around axle and used a modified "slide hammer" to pull it out. Just want to thank everyone for there input.

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[B y r o n]

Necessity is the mother of invention!

 

[pjohnson]

Nice!
How are the splines on the diff end?

 

[Peacefulhulk]

Nice!
How are the splines on the diff end?

They are intact. It seems it was only struggling with the first 3 inches.

 

[1969FJ]

Good to hear. Did you try to see if you can get it back in ? The axle housing may still have this issue.

 

[1969FJ]

The FJ40 has some pretty stout axles and it must take a sincere effort to bend one ?

 

[Living in the Past]

They are intact. It seems it was only struggling with the first 3 inches.

If the housing is bent once the splines are out of the side gear in the diff axle has lateral movement on the inside making it easy to remove.

 

[archie73]

I have a ?, You say the birfield had already been removed, was it broken ? If not how did you get it out/off the inner ? Use the snap rings and some levers thru the trunion holes to pry it out, works.

Mar tack?

 

[peesalot]

Maybe but the snap ring is still on axle so no reason a mar tack would have been done

 

[archie73]

Maybe but the snap ring is still on axle so no reason a mar tack would have been done

Missed the snap ring. Good catch