Rear Drive Shaft Removal 4wd

[fourrunner420]

I need help removing the rear drive shaft its free from the rear portion that connects to the rear tires but its stuck at the matting surface other side all bolts and nuts removed. Is there a special tool for this and any tricks to knock it loose?

 

[phattyduck]

The images you attached show the nuts still in place. If those have since been removed, a chisel and hammer used carefully at the mating surface will dislodge it.

Hopefully you have a replacement for that broken unit...

-Charlie

 

[fourrunner420]

Yes they were removed. Im in Dallas taking it to a drive shaft shop that supposed to look at refurbishing it. This was my last resort as I could not find a new one online or a used one from a junk yard. If you know where i can get a new quality part please list a link.

 

[phattyduck]

Plenty of people use Tom Woods driveshafts. https://4xshaft.com/collections/toyota-4runner

Rock auto has "OEM Style" cheap options (no comment on quality): https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/toyota,1999,4runner,3.4l+v6,1357455,drivetrain,drive+shaft,2308

I'm sure there are other options too.

-Charlie

 

[fourrunner420]

Plenty of people use Tom Woods driveshafts. https://4xshaft.com/collections/toyota-4runner

Rock auto has "OEM Style" cheap options (no comment on quality): https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/toyota,1999,4runner,3.4l+v6,1357455,drivetrain,drive+shaft,2308

I'm sure there are other options too.

-Charlie

I ended up getting it off but the piece that was stuck at the mating surface seperated at the u joint its still stuck i measured the shaft its about 46in fully extended minus the stuck part i just wanna make sure this was the correct one on rock auto website its showing 48 1/2 in?