Re: [MBZ] Drive axle replacement

2006-02-13 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Remove the wheel, loosen the bolt, then take something long like a drift or something and a hammer, a couple of good whacks and it will pop right out. Outer end has to come out and down before you can get the diff end out. Neal Kramarcy wrote: Hello folks, I've a noisy drive axle in

Re: [MBZ] Drive axle replacement

2006-02-13 Thread John Berryman
On Monday, February 13, 2006, at 09:54 AM, Neal Kramarcy wrote: Hello folks, I've a noisy drive axle in my '81 300CD and decided to replace with a rebuild from Rusty. The problem I've run into is driving out the wheel end of the drive axle; separating the differential end was no

Re: [MBZ] Drive axle replacement

2006-02-13 Thread Neal Kramarcy
Thanks for the help. I've done a bit of banging on it already with no luck, but I'll give it another shot. My guess is that after 25 years the hub and driveaxle have dried grease packed in there. Neal Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Remove the wheel, loosen the bolt, then take something long