AWD Alto tailshaft removal...

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Goofy[HSK]
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anyone got any ideas how you're supposed to remove it from the rear diff???

looks like you may have to take apart the rear bush/uni joint thingy :S
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some photos might help us out...
I only know how landcruiser driveshafts work and they're easy.
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cant find any photos - no camera available atm
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gave up in the end - i'll take the whole diff out and try again when the rust is fixed...

did manage to find a lever that seems to dissengage the rear diff though.
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Isn't there just 6 allen key bolts? I know thats what holds the tailshaft along with two little dowels onto the front coupling on the gearbox. They were hell tight on mine though!! I needed a good quality long series allen key and still had to crack it with a hammer.

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Alpha76 wrote:Isn't there just 6 allen key bolts? I know thats what holds the tailshaft along with two little dowels onto the front coupling on the gearbox. They were hell tight on mine though!! I needed a good quality long series allen key and still had to crack it with a hammer.

Daniel
that would be correct.. just got them off today
had to run some rope around the tailshaft to stop it spinning, and then add a longer handle onto the allen key
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Actually, Dan, could I get you to have a look at the front coupling to the gearbox for me??

The bit of the tailshaft that goes into the gearbox - as I originally unbolted that, and now i'm not sure which orientation it should go back in :cry:
There's three letters casted into it just near the 4 bolt holes - can you tell me which direction each faces in relation to the front of the gearbox..

As on close inspection there is a oil feed hole in the coupling, and i'm not sure which direction it should face to get the proper amount of oil
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Heya Goofy,

umm it will only fit in one of two ways. The four bolt holes are not equally positioned around the circumference. Of the two ways it can be I recall that there is a little cast ridge in the middle of one of the sides and that is the side that faces up.

Daniel
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