I’m looking to swap out the whole prop shaft assembly on my ’05. Dealer quoted ~$700 to replace (bad u-joints), but I can get the OEM assembly for ~$200 and do the work myself.
I can tap the front retaining pin out, and tap the shaft back to remove the assembly from the front diff no problem… but I can’t seem to get it to come out of the tranny.
Doing some more research before I just tried the Hulk method of forcing it off and maybe breaking something, I see conflicting writeups, some saying there is a pin holding it on, some saying there isn’t… I can’t see a pin for the life of me, just the grease fitting.
Do I just need to hit it harder and go crazy with the penetrating oil, or am I missing something?
I’m looking to swap out the whole prop shaft assembly on my ’05. Dealer quoted ~$700 to replace (bad u-joints), but I can get the OEM assembly for ~$200 and do the work myself.
I can tap the front retaining pin out, and tap the shaft back to remove the assembly from the front diff no problem… but I can’t seem to get it to come out of the tranny.
Doing some more research before I just tried the Hulk method of forcing it off and maybe breaking something, I see conflicting writeups, some saying there is a pin holding it on, some saying there isn’t… I can’t see a pin for the life of me, just the grease fitting.
Do I just need to hit it harder and go crazy with the penetrating oil, or am I missing something?
