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Tiny
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I have an 83 chey K-10 with an 8-7/8 ring gear axel to remove the axel shaft you need to remove the differential pinion shaft. After I removed the lock bolt the shaft does not slide out any hints to this problem
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 AT 4:30 PM

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Tiny
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Try pushing the axle inward and a c-clip should fall. It holds the axle in place so it won't slide out. Once the clip is removed the axle should slide out with no problems.
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 AT 5:21 PM
Tiny
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Ok, did you pull out the 5/16 bolt that holds the the pin to keep the axles from sliding inward? Can you take a picture of the inside of the differential so I can see whats going on? Let me know
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Wednesday, February 21st, 2007 AT 4:10 PM
Tiny
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Yes I pulled the bolt out but the pinion shaft itself won't move even with a brass punch and 28 oz hammer driving it.
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Wednesday, February 21st, 2007 AT 7:38 PM
Tiny
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When you say pinion shaft, do you mean the slide pin that you removed the 5/16 bolt out to keep the axles from sliding inward? Because that should slide right out of the spider gears. I have never seen one froze up before. Let me know.
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 AT 5:26 PM
Tiny
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Also make sure the bolt didn't break off inside the slide pin.
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 AT 5:30 PM
Tiny
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The whole bolt came out
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 AT 5:34 PM
Tiny
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The only thing I can say is remove the hogs head out, ( make sure that the shims that space the hogs head from the housing go back in the same spot, don't mix them up), and get it on a work bench and try getting more leverage to knock it out. If you have to, heat up the spider gears to expand the metal. It should come out.
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 AT 5:50 PM

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