I’m trying to remove my third member because of a broken ring gear. I have an ARB air locker installed as I finally got the adhesive seal to loosen but the third member isn’t coming off. I can get almost half of it off but it’s hung up on something on the drivers side. I’ve tried spinning the axels then sliding them back out but still hung up. I tried engaging the locker to see if that would free up the third me ever but the lockers won’t engage because of an air leak. I don’t want to damage anything else by prying on it more and more. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks

 

Assuming the axles are pulled out, I don't know what would be blocking it from coming out of the housing. Maybe a large chunk of something?? You may have better luck if you pull the entire rear axle so you can rotate it around and maybe get whatever is holding it to drop out of the way. Try pulling the mounting studs to possibly get you a little more wiggle room. Just throwing ideas out there. Good luck with it and please follow up.

Scott in AZ.

 

If its an ARB and the locker wont engage because of an air leak, is it possible that the little copper tube has broken off inside and is not allowing the diff to come out?

 

Get a bigger hammer, going to have to force it out.

 

Thanks for the reply. Gonna try a few more things tomorrow. I’ll keep you posted