I have no idea how to get the busted stub out of the dif. It broke off right @ the start of the inner splines. I figure I can weld a nut onto whats left of the center bolt to get that out. But the stub it's self has me bafeled:cornfuzz:

if the bolt snapped off as well, the remainder of the stub should slid right off... unless of course the splines are twisted together like licorice

correct me if I am wrong on this, but arent they hollow all the way thru? so couldent you theoretically take out the stub on the other side, then hammer it out with like a 1/2 inch drive socket extention or something?

 

Just some 2 cents

There is some twisting of the splines, but it snaped right @ the point where the splines IN the side gear start.

Eeww - sounds nasty - maybe you should work on my bumper instead - less frustrating

 

J/K

 

Well - if it twisted the splines right where it slides into the gear - could just be the splines holding it like McBrat was saying - maybe have to replace the side gear too eh? Since maybe it twised the side gear's splines as well - wouldn't think that would be fixable.

 

Here's a thought - maybe the splines didn't twist all the way down - just at the opening. If you got in there with a die grinder and ground out the top of the stub, and some of the splines too, you might get it out that way. And you might save the gear if you don't grind too much of the splines away. Just a thought.

 

GD