Front drive shaft seal help please

[giovannie23]

I cant get the drive shaft to expand amd slide out from the transfer case
Can anybody give me any tips how to do it please

 

[habanero]

I'm not sure what you mean by 'expand'?

Remove those 4 bolts, nuts and washers altogether. I'll usually mark shaft and mounting plate (there's prolly a real name for it, but I don't know it) so it goes on the way it came off. Call it names until it separates at the flat area it was bolted to. It does not slide into or out of the transfer case at all. Mine is always stuck together good and takes a bit of prying and coaxing. Don't let it suddenly drop onto your head.

I only have a poor pic of the rear joint- end part of the front looks the same, a sort of dog-bone shape.

 

[giovannie23]

I'm not sure what you mean by 'expand'?

Remove those 4 bolts, nuts and washers altogether. I'll usually mark shaft and mounting plate (there's prolly a real name for it, but I don't know it) so it goes on the way it came off. Call it names until it separates at the flat area it was bolted to. It does not slide into or out of the transfer case at all. Mine is always stuck together good and takes a bit of prying and coaxing. Don't let it suddenly drop onto your head.

I only have a poor pic of the rear joint- end part of the front looks the same, a sort of dog-bone shape.

Thanks for the reply
Ok thanks for clearing it up so i do have to take the bolts off as well..
Those bolts are stuck on i punched myself in the face trying to get it off
Hopefully i have better luck with pb blaster

 

[theesotericone]

Thanks for the reply
Ok thanks for clearing it up so i do have to take the bolts off as well..
Those bolts are stuck on i punched myself in the face trying to get it off
Hopefully i have better luck with pb blaster

Those bolts are pressed into the output flange on the t-case. You don't have to remove them. You need to break the seal between the flange and the yoke. Get a chisel. Put it between the flange and the yoke and tap it.

 

[giovannie23]

Those bolts are pressed into the output flange on the t-case. You don't have to remove them. You need to break the seal between the flange and the yoke. Get a chisel. Put it between the flange and the yoke and tap it.

Thanks bro
It makes way more sense
I was trying to break those bolts free
Not budging
Im try that tomarrow thanks again

 

[habanero]

Those bolts are pressed into the output flange on the t-case. You don't have to remove them. You need to break the seal between the flange and the yoke. Get a chisel. Put it between the flange and the yoke and tap it.

Ick, thanks theesotericone and my apologies giavannie23. It's the rear that are not pressed on. Repaired in my original post.