How to remove R160 Male Stubs

H-top · Post by **H-top** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:58 am

G'day all,

I'm having trouble removing the stubs from a R160.
I've undone all I can see but I can't pull them out?

Cheers,
Samuel

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:33 am

Have you undone the torx bolts in the stub axles themselves.

H-top · Post by **H-top** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:47 am

Where are these torx hiding?
Legacy 4.11 diff btw

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:49 am

rtcb65 wrote:Have you undone the torx bolts in the stub axles themselves.

I used an 8mm deep socket to get mine out. I got a supercrp $11 deep socket kit, decided if I broke the socket it wasn't the end of the world. Once you have these bolts out the stub axle should easily pull out from the diff...

Cheers

Bennie

H-top · Post by **H-top** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:13 pm

Down the centre of the stub?

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:22 pm

H-top wrote:Down the centre of the stub?

Yes, that is correct. Without removing these bolts you've got not chance of removing the stub axles...

Cheers

Bennie

H-top · Post by **H-top** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:02 pm

glad i didnt use any violence! cheers team!

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:29 pm

H-top wrote:Where are these torx hiding?
Legacy 4.11 diff btw

Being a 4.11 , are you sure it a male shaft. If it is , there should be a hole in the centre of the shafts. At about level with the seal but inside the shafts, there is a torx bolt.

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:23 pm

If there is no hole in the stub. The rs liberty uses c clips to hold the stubs in. I used a old cv joint and put it on my slid hammer

Tristan

ScubyRoo · Post by **ScubyRoo** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 4:04 pm

I used an angle grinder and turned it into a female

H-top · Post by **H-top** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:43 pm

I'm at home defending my place
from the floods ATM
will confirm all when I get back go the shop

cheers

Phizinza · Post by **Phizinza** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:43 pm

El_Freddo wrote:I used an 8mm deep socket to get mine out.

When I tried with a normal socket I rounded the bolts. Ruined the stubs getting them out.

So next time I needed to remove them from another diff I bought a small 1/4" socket Torx Deep E socket set from the UK with the E10 socket for $50 odd.

H-top · Post by **H-top** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:20 pm

No torx in the stubs?
Where next?

FujiFan · Post by **FujiFan** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:33 pm

Just had a look at an R160 happen to have close to me (Open not LSD), appears to have some kind of tamper proof bolt, similar to torx.

H-top · Post by **H-top** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:50 pm

unfortunately it is nothing like that.

there is a 4x5mm hole in the center with nothing in it!

must be clips somewhere?

Cheers,
S

FujiFan · Post by **FujiFan** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:56 pm

Got me

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:07 pm

use a inner cv joint put the roll pin back in and connect a slide hammer and the stub should come out in 2 or 3 hits or even a pry bar between the diff and joint that u have refitted and pry the shaft out

if this makes sence

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 8:32 pm

Phizinza wrote:When I tried with a normal socket I rounded the bolts. Ruined the stubs getting them out.

Sorry I should have said a hex 8mm deep socket...

Cheers

Bennie

H-top · Post by **H-top** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:07 pm

I don't have that in my stubs

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:54 am

H-top wrote:I don't have that in my stubs

Can we get some pics of the diff and stubs H-top as we're either talking about different diffs or something funky is going on...

Cheers

Bennie