ok well i was trying to do my sxleshaft seals tonight..well i got the cover off..the main caps off..but i cant figure out how to get the ring gear/spider gear assembly out..does it all come out as one? the instructions i got says to pry on it..and idk i pryed..but im not risking scratching anything up...so any info??thanks

heres a pic so you can see what i mean




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this is all i know....

from ps...... Once the oil has drained out, place something under the diff that can catchthe carrier assebly if you drop it. I used a small sealed cardboard box inside a larger sealed cardboard box. Remove the 4 bearing cap bolts. They are torqued to 70lb-ft. I suggest marking the caps so that you can remember their orientation (left-right and up-down) as they are line honed with the axle tubes. I also kep the bolts in order as well.

Using 2 large pry bars, I pried on the inside of the ring gear and a ring gear bolt on the back side. You do not need a case spreader with the Dana 44 even though the case applies the bearing pre-load. You will pop the carrier out of the main bearing races and drop onto the bottom of the case. You may need to use the pry bars again to get the carrier past the outer edge of the housing. IT IS VERY HEAVY. Also keep the bearing races on their correct sides.

http://www.pavementsucks.com/tech/axleseal.php

 

What differential assembly is that ?

 

yea..but do you know know if that whole assembly will fall out?? or just the ring gear??

P.s those were insrtuctions i was going by..lol

 

dana 44

 

dana 44's you need a case stetcher.. releives the pressure on the axle housing to be able to let it fall out.. or atleast what ive heard..

 

I've pulled alot of 44 with no special tools. The whole assembly will pull out, the ring is bolted to the carrier, so the ring can't come out alone.

Just get a bigger pry bar, your not going to scratch anything either, Give Her Hell!

 

Keep your shims on each side when you take it out ar you will be doing the math for the right backlash on reassemble.

 

how hard am i actualy yanking? cause i was yanking pretty hard last night..not as hard a s a can..but to the limit where i was scared of scratchin something ..and how hard will it be to get the whole assembly back in?

 

You don't need a case spreader to get a D44 carrier out.

You do however have to pull your front hubs off and pull out your axle shafts out of the carrier first. Since you made no mention of that in your original post, myy guess is that you have not pulled the shafts yet. Get the wheels off, the calipers off, and the hub and rotor assembly off so that you can pull out the axle shafts.

Then pull your bearing caps and then use two pry bars to put medium pressure on the "entire" carrier/ring gear assembly. It should take a minimal amout of force to get it started. Be ready when it comes out, it's heavy.

Also make sure you arrange the bearing cups and shims appropriately to make sure they go back on the same side. The shims set your backlash and you don't want to mess that up.