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What's the trick to removing the four bolts/nuts that hold the two rear prop shaft flanges together?
The nuts on the rear (differential) side do not have enough clearance between them and the pinion shield to get a box wrench over them.
On the front flange, there is not enough space between the bolt heads and the trunnion clevis ears to allow a box wrench or short socket to slide all the way down flush.
What's the deal? Am I supposed to loosen these bolts/nuts with only 13mm open ended wrenches and/or crescent wrenches or vice grips? I'm certain the use of those tools will only result in rounded head/nut points and busted knuckles (not to mention the fact that none of them will provide enough torque to actually un-seize the bolts).
How the @#*! do I get these apart?
P.S. Please ignore the dirty differential casing in the photo. I'll get to that later.
What's the trick to removing the four bolts/nuts that hold the two rear prop shaft flanges together?
The nuts on the rear (differential) side do not have enough clearance between them and the pinion shield to get a box wrench over them.
On the front flange, there is not enough space between the bolt heads and the trunnion clevis ears to allow a box wrench or short socket to slide all the way down flush.
What's the deal? Am I supposed to loosen these bolts/nuts with only 13mm open ended wrenches and/or crescent wrenches or vice grips? I'm certain the use of those tools will only result in rounded head/nut points and busted knuckles (not to mention the fact that none of them will provide enough torque to actually un-seize the bolts).
How the @#*! do I get these apart?
P.S. Please ignore the dirty differential casing in the photo. I'll get to that later.
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