RCV shaft removal

extremetownie · Oct 6, 2019

I need some advice on how to remove the broken shaft. It is the inner and i cant get the stub out to tap it out.

Jduck · Oct 6, 2019

Can you weld something to it that'll let ya get a hold of it easier?

extremetownie · Oct 6, 2019

Jduck said:
Can you weld something to it that'll let ya get a hold of it easier?

Maybe, I just figured there must be a trick i am missing.

Beerj · Oct 6, 2019

Maybe grind a couple of grooves on opposite sides of the stub and pry (gently) against the bell.

TBItoy · Oct 6, 2019

Grip the broke off part in a vise and pry against the bell.

BUG-E J · Oct 7, 2019

I open the jaws of a vice enough for the stub to slide through but not the bell. Grab the stub with both hands and snatch as hard as you can from as far as you can and knock the bell off the stub. You can be pretty rough with them.

BUG-E J · Oct 7, 2019

The 2 inners I have broken boogerd the star up and made it a bitch to get them apart but they splintered inside

extremetownie · Oct 7, 2019

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BUG-E J said:
I open the jaws of a vice enough for the stub to slide through but not the bell. Grab the stub with both hands and snatch as hard as you can from as far as you can and knock the bell off the stub. You can be pretty rough with them.

I will try that,if that want work i will attempt to weld something to it.

Beerj · Oct 7, 2019

extremetownie said:
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I will try that,if that want work i will attempt to weld something to it.

Ooooooorrrr, weld it to the vice!

CHASMAN9 · Oct 7, 2019

I take it you've removed the snap ring off the axle first?

whiskeymakin · Oct 7, 2019

You working on kyles green buggy?

jeeptj99 · Oct 7, 2019

BUG-E J said:
I open the jaws of a vice enough for the stub to slide through but not the bell. Grab the stub with both hands and snatch as hard as you can from as far as you can and knock the bell off the stub. You can be pretty rough with them.

This is how i've gotten mine apart. OR pull down on it in the vice and have someone hit the bell with a hammer and a rod (i've used a extension before) and it will sometimes collapse the snap ring enough to start letting the stub slide out some. That's how i have to get mine apart in the knuckle. I'll pull the bell against it then have someone hit it and it works

extremetownie · Oct 7, 2019

I could not get it using the vise. I dont know what snap ring Greg is taking about.

BUG-E J · Oct 7, 2019

extremetownie said:
I could not get it using the vise. I dont know what snap ring Greg is taking about.

It has a snap ring inside the bell like a front wheel drive cv axle where it goes in the trans. I think you would have to get the broken piece out and get it from the inside. The vice trick has worked on mine every time.

BUG-E J · Oct 7, 2019

I bet the splines are twisted or the end of the shaft past the snap ring is messed up. It takes alotmore effort than you would want to put on something that expensive but it isnt terrible.

jeeptj99 · Oct 7, 2019

extremetownie said:
I could not get it using the vise. I dont know what snap ring Greg is taking about.

You got to hit it like you absolutely HATE it to get them to come out. They are squared snap rings and they are a mother ****er to get apart. You got to hit it with your big boy pants on.

CHASMAN9 · Oct 7, 2019

extremetownie said:
I could not get it using the vise. I dont know what snap ring Greg is taking about.

Forward to 5:40

BUG-E J · Oct 7, 2019

Yeah you gotta show those axles who wrote the check for them. The first time I built mine I called back and asked if I ****ed it up beating on it would I have to pay full price for more! :****: