[Spridgets] And the verdict is? Broken half shaft!

kaklemmer1969 at gmail.com kaklemmer1969 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 10 03:28:38 MDT 2011


Good to know Dean, I was thinking of the same approach.   I'm a compulsive painter too (lol) I'm going to get this car repainted one piece at a time! These are standard disc wheels, fyi.  Why?
Ken

------Original Message------
From: Dean Hedin
To: Kenneth Klemmer
To: 'Spridgets'
Subject: RE: [Spridgets] And the verdict is? Broken half shaft!
Sent: Oct 9, 2011 20:42

I've replaced the pinion seal with the diff removed several times.

I just put the input flange in the vice and crack the big nut loose with a
1/2" drive socket with a breaker bar.

Pry out the old seal and apply a little grease or oil to the perimeter of
the new seal and tap it in.

Retighten the big nut to torque spec and away you go.

Oh yeah, make sure you inspect the surface where the seal rides on the
pinion shaft to ensure that it is not too worn.

Also, in each instance when I've done this job, I've taken the time & effort
to clean, strip, and repaint the front diff housing.  It is inevitably a
mess from the leak.

One question Ken - Do you have disc or wire wheels?
  

-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Klemmer
Subject: [Spridgets] And the verdict is? Broken half shaft!

As most suspected, the half shaft was broken on the spline end, very close
to
the ends of the spline and tapering to a point towards the center of the
shaft.  The other shaft looks fine and has .1575 splines, which seems good,
but it is also one of the bta501 series, which seem to get a bad reputation.
The shaft that broke is a stange number 2a7085.
Should i just replace both?

So far i have not been successful getting the broken end out using a rod,
but
i think at this point i'm going to pull the diff anyway to make sure its
clean, then remove the broken piece. There was a lot of metal debris stuck
to
the end of the broken shaft.

I also have a diff oil leak at the nose shaft seal, although this may be due
to overfilling because ive had the car raised and angled prob 10 degrees
when
filling the rear end.  Is this seal easier to renew while the diff is
removed
from the axle housing? The manual advises using the handbrake to hold the
diff
when removing the prop shaft nut, necessitating it being in the car and
assembled.


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