Thread: How do I get my axles out of a 9" rear end???

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A piece of chain from a wheel bolt to a heavy hunk of iron that you can swing like a golfer trying for a hole in one, and they pop right out.

The jack bolt is a good idea and works well . It's possible to bend the housing ears however if the axel is really stubborn.

You cannot use a pipe or a bar thru the housing for the second axel however as the spider pin in the diff runs across the axel hole. I just set up one for my street rod. With a spool you could.

I did make a puller for the pinion bearings, and a handy bar with a plate drilled for the yoke so I could take the pinion nut off. For what is is worth I used my big truck cross lug wrench for the pinion nut with this and had a no sweat operation. Forget the the crush sleeve and get a spacer and shims. Saves a lot of time and makes a nice install.

.....THANKS Everyone, I'll get back to it tomorrow & let ya all know what happens. It is a spool so once I get one side out I'll be home free..... Bill

Originally Posted by bentwings

The jack bolt is a good idea and works well . It's possible to bend the housing ears however if the axel is really stubborn.

You cannot use a pipe or a bar thru the housing for the second axel however as the spider pin in the diff runs across the axel hole. I just set up one for my street rod. With a spool you could.

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I momentarily lost my mind and stand corrected with pipe - though you can use something like a piece of ~1/2" round bar stock as I had done that once with a '57 axle shaft broken between the bearing and axle flange.

.....woops, thanks for correcting that. I can see myself already out there beating on things .... that is, beating on things that have NO WAY of moving Bill