88Cleve4runner
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Stubborn rear diff - TTORA Forum (link to another site for other info)
I'm having the hardest time getting my rear diff out (97 runner, v6 diff, 8"). Before you guys start laughing... Hear me out. Shafts are pulled, nuts off studs, 2 studs backed out, 2 studs sheared off at the diff not the housing. I've beat on it with a hammer, I've put the bottle jack under it, I've put the bottle jack against a lower link, bent said link while jacking, beat on the flange towards the front of the truck. My next idea is 2x4 laid on the control arms against the diff and extending out from the truck so I can really hit them with a sledge. It's been soaked with PB over and over. I'm pretty sure those are all of my methods. Has anyone else had this problem? I'm 99% sure the diff hasn't been pulled because the PO had it since 98, mechanic did ALL work and maintenance, PO didn't even know what a diff was when I bought it from him. Any ideas guys?!
Update: Somehow I'm able to get separation between the bottom of the diff face and the axle housing. But from about 10 o'clock to about 3 o'clock and up, no separation... Beating 2x4s that touch the diff, rest on the lower link, and extend out a little so I can get a baseball swing are how I got the most separation... Brute force really. I've tried scissor jacking from above the diff (just lifts the body). The only thing I know to keep doing it hitting with the 2x4s and trying to drive chisels in between them. Anybody had this issue before or know what to do?
I'm having the hardest time getting my rear diff out (97 runner, v6 diff, 8"). Before you guys start laughing... Hear me out. Shafts are pulled, nuts off studs, 2 studs backed out, 2 studs sheared off at the diff not the housing. I've beat on it with a hammer, I've put the bottle jack under it, I've put the bottle jack against a lower link, bent said link while jacking, beat on the flange towards the front of the truck. My next idea is 2x4 laid on the control arms against the diff and extending out from the truck so I can really hit them with a sledge. It's been soaked with PB over and over. I'm pretty sure those are all of my methods. Has anyone else had this problem? I'm 99% sure the diff hasn't been pulled because the PO had it since 98, mechanic did ALL work and maintenance, PO didn't even know what a diff was when I bought it from him. Any ideas guys?!
Update: Somehow I'm able to get separation between the bottom of the diff face and the axle housing. But from about 10 o'clock to about 3 o'clock and up, no separation... Beating 2x4s that touch the diff, rest on the lower link, and extend out a little so I can get a baseball swing are how I got the most separation... Brute force really. I've tried scissor jacking from above the diff (just lifts the body). The only thing I know to keep doing it hitting with the 2x4s and trying to drive chisels in between them. Anybody had this issue before or know what to do?
