How difficult is dropping a rear axle?
11-09-2005, 01:07 PM
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How difficult is dropping a rear axle?
Im on a limited budget for winter projects, so Im going for the cheap stuff. My 10 bolt is quite rusty, and being the perfectionist I am, it cant stay that way. 
I figure I could do a better and more detailed job painting it if I dropped the entire thing, so I could work on it in a more conveinient location. so who's done it, and how long did it take you? did you have to disconnect/bleed any brake lines?
I figure I could do a better and more detailed job painting it if I dropped the entire thing, so I could work on it in a more conveinient location. so who's done it, and how long did it take you? did you have to disconnect/bleed any brake lines?
11-09-2005, 01:13 PM
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wow its easy.
if youre doing it on the ground...youre gonna have to jack the car up high. unbolt u-joint and push driveshaft forward into trans, unbolt shocks, unbolt control arms, unbolt sway bar ends, unbolt torque arm, unbolt panhard rod and panhard brace, unscrew hard brake lines (from the chassis is easier), then disconnect ebrake lines (from brakes is easier), then disconnect abs sensor (on top of dif).
i'd simply leave tires on, then raise car higher and higher once its all unbolted. the springs just fall out when its high enough. thats about it...
if youre doing it on the ground...youre gonna have to jack the car up high. unbolt u-joint and push driveshaft forward into trans, unbolt shocks, unbolt control arms, unbolt sway bar ends, unbolt torque arm, unbolt panhard rod and panhard brace, unscrew hard brake lines (from the chassis is easier), then disconnect ebrake lines (from brakes is easier), then disconnect abs sensor (on top of dif).
i'd simply leave tires on, then raise car higher and higher once its all unbolted. the springs just fall out when its high enough. thats about it...
11-09-2005, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by NoRiceInside
wow its easy.
if youre doing it on the ground...youre gonna have to jack the car up high. unbolt u-joint and push driveshaft forward into trans, unbolt shocks, unbolt control arms, unbolt sway bar ends, unbolt torque arm, unbolt panhard rod and panhard brace, unscrew hard brake lines (from the chassis is easier), then disconnect ebrake lines (from brakes is easier), then disconnect abs sensor (on top of dif).
i'd simply leave tires on, then raise car higher and higher once its all unbolted. the springs just fall out when its high enough. thats about it...
if youre doing it on the ground...youre gonna have to jack the car up high. unbolt u-joint and push driveshaft forward into trans, unbolt shocks, unbolt control arms, unbolt sway bar ends, unbolt torque arm, unbolt panhard rod and panhard brace, unscrew hard brake lines (from the chassis is easier), then disconnect ebrake lines (from brakes is easier), then disconnect abs sensor (on top of dif).
i'd simply leave tires on, then raise car higher and higher once its all unbolted. the springs just fall out when its high enough. thats about it...
11-12-2005, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by NoRiceInside
its a big deal. well not if you have an air compressor, a big impact and a big socket to take that big nut off.
yea im not investing that much into this pos 10 bolt. I already think my posi is starting to fail, and if it is, im not fixing it... im just going straight to the twelve bolt which i wont be able to afford for years.
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