Son of a @$$#&+-$#@!!

[Biggin0822]

Spent 4 hours getting the center pin out of my Gmail 12 bolt. Swapping in a 3.73 gear set and lsd. If you look close you can see the Carnage. Used a death wheel to cut the carrier in half and it still wouldn't come out until I cut the gears in half as well!

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[Blue Ox]

WTH? Was the retaining bolt head broken off or something?

 

[Chevynut46]

Why not just disassemble it?

 

[Biggin0822]

Retaining bolt broken and tried for a lonnnnng time to get it out. This housing was one piece. Couldn't disassemble. It was a 3.08 open diff

 

[Blue Ox]

Ahhhh. Now I see.

I guess you couldn't slug it hard enough to break the retainer.

Too little too late for you, but a set of left-hand drills is great for drilling out broken stuff. Many times the bit will grab and spin the piece out.

 

[Snoots]

DAMN!

Beer thirty for you!

 

[idahovette]

DAMN!

Beer thirty for you!

Yeah all freakin day!!!

 

[bucket]

I like it. Sometimes when parts don't want to come loose, you just gotta show em who's boss.

 

[crazy4offroad]

I would have put a steel drift and a BFH on that crosspin till it sheared the retainer bolt. But what you did worked, and if it works it aint stupid.

 

[HotRodPC]

Extreme Measures !!! Whatever works.

 

[Biggin0822]

Ya I bfh'd that thing for EVER. LOL. It turns out it was one of the gears that was really stuck on there. But I am REALLY LOVING the new diff and gears. So much more fun to drive. Burnouts for distance are a lot more satisfying as well!