Removing Half Shafts, Any tricks?

SLO AU XR8 · 18-09-2009, 06:22 PM

I had some dramas last night with my XR8, I happened to snap my Passengers side Half Shaft right at the hub. Is there any tricks to getting what is left out of the diff centre?

XH5LWEPN · 18-09-2009, 09:59 PM

Just yank on it mate.
Its gonna be abit hard with nothing left on your end of it though. The extra weight of the hub/brake assembly generally helps.

blackers10 · 19-09-2009, 09:48 AM

get a welder and attach some kind of handle its broken anyway

SLO AU XR8 · 19-09-2009, 12:52 PM

I had a crowbar between the ABS Ring and the housing, snapped the ABS ring, Halfshaft hasn't budged. This is proving to be a stubborn bastard to get out.

XH5LWEPN · 19-09-2009, 01:11 PM

If you cant get a good enough grip on it to give it a good yank, do as Blackers said, weld something onto it to give you like a "T-bar" to pull off.
That is IF you have access to a welder.

SLO AU XR8 · 19-09-2009, 01:13 PM

No access to a welder, and the CV has come out too, making it harder again. This is becoming bullsh*t, 2 days and I can't get the thing out.

RG · 21-09-2009, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by SLO AU XR8

No access to a welder, and the CV has come out too, making it harder again. This is becoming bullsh*t, 2 days and I can't get the thing out.

A crowbar would just break the ring. Have you got the diff end out?

I'd be looking for another half shaft with a hub attached if I were you, that's what I did when I twisted mine.

Cam · 21-09-2009, 03:14 PM

Sounds like the joys of having a lokka in the rear end??

XH5LWEPN · 21-09-2009, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by RG

A crowbar would just break the ring. Have you got the diff end out?

The ABS ring IS on the diff end.

RG · 21-09-2009, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by XH5LWEPN

The ABS ring IS on the diff end.

Oh yeah.... This is what happens when you are without car for a long time. A big flat screwdriver did the trick for me.

SLO AU XR8 · 22-09-2009, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Cam

Sounds like the joys of having a lokka in the rear end??

Turns out they need a lot of force to pop the Circlip out. Crowbar on the CV housing and a 2kg hammer, Then they pop out. Got this done yesterday arvo, I was too tired to post an update on it. Slid the new halfshaft in and everything works wonders now.