Help!! Stuck Drive Shaft Cover
05-29-2013, 02:59 PM
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Help!! Stuck Drive Shaft Cover
I have a bad vibration.
I'm trying to diagnose it now.
I think it may be my U joint (front or rear).
I disconnected all 9 bolts from the drive shaft cover (after removing the midpipe and cross members).
The front falls right off but the rear is stuck tight!
Any suggestions.
Right now it is soaked/soaking in Zep (similar to PB or liquid wrench but much more powerful). And periodically I've been trying to pry it off (with a two foot steel pry bar) and/or tap it loose with a decent sized (metal) hammer.
I'm getting frustrated and runnin out of options. If anyone has had this problem and remedied it, please help.
I'm trying to diagnose it now.
I think it may be my U joint (front or rear).
I disconnected all 9 bolts from the drive shaft cover (after removing the midpipe and cross members).
The front falls right off but the rear is stuck tight!
Any suggestions.
Right now it is soaked/soaking in Zep (similar to PB or liquid wrench but much more powerful). And periodically I've been trying to pry it off (with a two foot steel pry bar) and/or tap it loose with a decent sized (metal) hammer.
I'm getting frustrated and runnin out of options. If anyone has had this problem and remedied it, please help.
05-29-2013, 05:46 PM
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Never mind.
The diff was slipped forward a little when i first released the front and bound up on the threads of the rear studs (front - top and bottom).
So I retightened the front then the rear, re-supported the diff and started with the rear bolts this time and it came right out.
LESSON LEARNED: Start with the rear slowly unfasten all 8 vertical bolts evenly. While, of course, supporting both the trans and diff. It may be more time consuming to slowly unfasten these nuts, but it'll make the process much more smooth.
The diff was slipped forward a little when i first released the front and bound up on the threads of the rear studs (front - top and bottom).
So I retightened the front then the rear, re-supported the diff and started with the rear bolts this time and it came right out.
LESSON LEARNED: Start with the rear slowly unfasten all 8 vertical bolts evenly. While, of course, supporting both the trans and diff. It may be more time consuming to slowly unfasten these nuts, but it'll make the process much more smooth.
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