Hello and thank you all for a great forum!
I have an 08 Rancher 420, and it has started to make some noises in the rear differential. The axle has about 3/16 play left to right in the diff. So I bought the bearing kit, and pulled the axle off. I have had no luck getting the spacer/ collar off the axle on the diff side. axle nuts were TIGHT, but came off, Hubs, brake No problem…
I have an 08 Rancher 420, and it has started to make some noises in the rear differential. The axle has about 3/16 play left to right in the diff. So I bought the bearing kit, and pulled the axle off. I have had no luck getting the spacer/ collar off the axle on the diff side. axle nuts were TIGHT, but came off, Hubs, brake No problem…
The darn spacer won’t budge, I soaked it with Fluid Film Penetrating oil for the last 3 days, I tried heating it up to about 400 deg. Now I know I need seals :dry: I used a big rosebud torch, so the spacer was HOT, but the axle was still close to ambient temp., Then clamped the spacer in a pipe vice and tried to beat the axle out with no luck.
Do you know what I’m doing wrong?
Thank You
Adam
