I am removing the rear shaft and after I pull the 4 bolts its just sitting there. DO I need to wack the hell out of it for it so slide off the rear dif?

 

do you mean the axles?

 

yes sorry rear drive shaft from the trans to the rear diferential.

Got the rear 4 bolts out of the drive shaft but the shaft wont come off the differential. Wondering if i missed something or is the rust holding it up. With the 4 bolts gone the drive shaft should just drop down and thats that.

thx

 

after you pull the u-bolts out and the caps off, it should just come right out. give it a little upward pressure and it'll pop loose. It's not pressed in or anything.

 

Ill try that.

I wish autozone whould have had the damn repair manual when I placed my order last month.

They were out.

thx

 

Sweet I got it out.

The problem was the truck was on a slight hill and the rear axle was putting some pressure on the driveshaft.

I had to block the front wheels and use my floor jack to raise the rear pumpkin.

After the tension was off the driveshaft a sharp wack on the shaft and it fell down.

I was just worried I was missing something when my first couple wacks did nada.

Anyhow thx steve

 

oh man, hope you didnt wack it too hard, it's balanced... usually if you wiggle it a bit it'll break free... did you get it all back together? Why did you pull it?

 

u joints squeaking they were shot. And I used a rubber mallet.