Ok, so I'm disassembling the differential on my '92 Olds Bravada, and the differential side bearing is STUCK on there. I mean, I know it's pressed on, but this thing is on there so tight I broke a 3/8" flatblade screwdriver and bent a gear puller trying to get it off. How do I release it? I'm about half an inch away from picking taking my angle grinder to it!
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get a heavy duty gear puller that you can put an impact gun onto, that what we do at work https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png. you can probably rent one from somewhere.
and obviously dont torch it unless you dont wanna reuse it. kevin. |
Originally Posted by teknics' date='Dec 19 2004, 12:47 PM
get a heavy duty gear puller that you can put an impact gun onto, that what we do at work https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png. you can probably rent one from somewhere.
and obviously dont torch it unless you dont wanna reuse it. kevin. |
So, torch? Angle grinder? What's left is the inner race, pressed onto the differential side hub. This is the bearing that lets the diff spin inside the carrier.. One on each side.
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get some ice put it on the bearing and heat up the housing around the bearing the difference in temperature souhold be enough to get it to come out
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Originally Posted by nismo convert' date='Dec 19 2004, 01:05 PM
get some ice put it on the bearing and heat up the housing around the bearing the difference in temperature souhold be enough to get it to come out
I think I'm gonna try torching it with MAPP gas.. What could possibly go wrong? |
have fun lol gotta love the mapp gas wooooooooooo
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i advised sinful to:
a) use torch b) get wasted. good advice, yes or no? *calling the darwin committee as he types this* kevin. |
So, I had a thought.. Torch + Gear oil = fire? Whatchu guys think?
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yea you have to be careful, try to get rid of as much gear oil as possible, figured that was obvious thing so i didnt mention it.
its possible to torch it without cleaning gear oil off (guy at my shop just did that to a 98 blazer last week) its dangerous but you can get lucky. since yours is outta the car id say clean the biatch down. kevin. |
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