rear diff removal
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rear diff removal
i am removing my rear differential and was wondering if this was just bolted down...i don't see anything else holding it down but don't want to damage it when removing since its on there tight..might just be all the dirt around it
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Unscrew the rear brakelines from the wheel cylinders. Use rubber vacuum caps to prevent fluid loss. Then remove the four bolts holding each axle in place, and slide each out. Be careful not to ruin or chafe the axle seal (otherwise you end up with gear oil leaking).
Once you've removed the axles, pull the ABS (I don't know anything about that as I don't have it), then when you remove the nuts/bolts from the 3rd member it should come out with a few taps of a hammer. (not around the bolt holes)
Unscrew the rear brakelines from the wheel cylinders. Use rubber vacuum caps to prevent fluid loss. Then remove the four bolts holding each axle in place, and slide each out. Be careful not to ruin or chafe the axle seal (otherwise you end up with gear oil leaking).
Once you've removed the axles, pull the ABS (I don't know anything about that as I don't have it), then when you remove the nuts/bolts from the 3rd member it should come out with a few taps of a hammer. (not around the bolt holes)
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I had to loosen my sway bar to get the top of the third to slide out. NOTE: USE A JACK!!! That thing is heavy especially when laying on your side and can only get one arm under it to support its weight.
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ask me how I know
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36ft/lbs:
http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-b...35differen.pdf
Bookmark this link...it has all the torque specs and everything else you need to work on these trucks:
http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-buchanan/93fsm/
http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-b...35differen.pdf
Bookmark this link...it has all the torque specs and everything else you need to work on these trucks:
http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-buchanan/93fsm/
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Somebody took your truck to a "quickie" lube place at some point in its life. The one thing those guys fear the most is having a drain plug come loose, so they use the biggest gorillas with the biggest wrenches down in the pit. And since the drain plug has a fairly large head (24mm?), getting a big wrench is easy.
Don't be a gorilla. Put it back on with the right torque. It won't seem like a lot, but that's how they do it at the factory.
Don't be a gorilla. Put it back on with the right torque. It won't seem like a lot, but that's how they do it at the factory.
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36ft/lbs:
http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-buchanan/93fsm/suspensionandaxle/35differen.pdf
Bookmark this link...it has all the torque specs and everything else you need to work on these trucks:
http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-buchanan/93fsm/
http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-buchanan/93fsm/suspensionandaxle/35differen.pdf
Bookmark this link...it has all the torque specs and everything else you need to work on these trucks:
http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-buchanan/93fsm/
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36ft/lbs:
http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-buchanan/93fsm/suspensionandaxle/35differen.pdf
Bookmark this link...it has all the torque specs and everything else you need to work on these trucks:
http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-buchanan/93fsm/
http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-buchanan/93fsm/suspensionandaxle/35differen.pdf
Bookmark this link...it has all the torque specs and everything else you need to work on these trucks:
http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-buchanan/93fsm/
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