so with this week off i figured its a good time to swap out my gears to 3.42s. anyway when we opened up the rear, we found that the lockpin for the spider gears is snapped and theres a piece thats stuck in and needs to get out. any ideas on how to get it out?
so with this week off i figured its a good time to swap out my gears to 3.42s. anyway when we opened up the rear, we found that the lockpin for the spider gears is snapped and theres a piece thats stuck in and needs to get out. any ideas on how to get it out?
weve been trying to work it but the piece thats in there is still threaded a little bit. it needs to be unscrewed so its more difficult than we thought
i bought a special extractor kit off a snap on truck years ago made for that purpose, comes with a center drilled screw and a long drill bit and extractors
i seen a guy get it out with a left handed drill bit and a pick. i dont know how he did it tho.
Before you do that, I would get a reverse drill bit and try to get it out. You should only have to push hard enough for the bit to "grab" the broken piece. I think that the broken piece is hardened steel.
weve been trying to work it but the piece thats in there is still threaded a little bit. it needs to be unscrewed so its more difficult than we thought
i bought a special extractor kit off a snap on truck years ago made for that purpose, comes with a center drilled screw and a long drill bit and extractors
nothing worked trying to get it out, so were gonna hack it up however we can and get the internals out of another carrier or just get a whole different rear.