I got mine changed last night. While knocking my pinion pin out it wanted
to hang. However, I just gradually bumped it on through. Be careful not to
knock it too far through or the cage won't rotate. When pulling the pin on
out it wouldn't move. Even tried a homemade slide hammer with a punch
through hole in end of pin. Broke clothes line cable. Then I used a crow
bar on the punch through the hole and it slide right on out.
Phil Farmer
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-----Original Message-----
From: David F. Darby [mailto:darby@tri-lakes.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 01:05 PM
To: pilot@ccc-cable.net; MG
Subject: Re: rear end clunk
Hello Phil,
I chose a long, thin probe (a straight dental probe actually), rotated the
pinion pin until the probe slipped through, and tapped with a thin drift or
punch (a nail set might work) until the first piece came out (this is the
piece that I lost momentarily). Then I spun the carrier around and tapped
out the other two pieces with the same punch. You will end up with one long
piece and two fairly equal short pieces.
Now, if Barney is still listening, or anyone else with insight into this, I
would sure like to avoid swapping out rear ends from my donor car to my
driver. I am ready to hoist that cold one he spoke of, but my pinion pin is
still in place. I placed a hardened pin (an old lawn mower wrist pin)
against the pinion pin on the end away from the pinion peg hole, and have
been whanging away with a two-pound hammer. It moves about .060" and stops
as if it is solidly up against something. Am I missing something here? Any
ideas? At this point I have nothing to lose.
David
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