Need some ideas (without a lift) 9"
10-07-2012, 09:03 PM
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Need some ideas (without a lift) 9" Having some issues getting the center section back in the housing after switching gears. What are some ideas? I have tried using a floor jack, but I really need a bigger base plate on the jack. The torque arm is out the drive shaft is out exhaust is moved, but man cant keep it stable and rotate it to line up with the studs on the housing.
10-07-2012, 09:56 PM
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Assuming you are on stands on the subframes and not the axle, maybe you can jack on the axle and/or pull the springs to give you some flexibility with the housing.
I set my transmission on my chest and put it in by maneuvering on my creeper...but that was a stupid thing to do cause I'm not a big guy and was d close to suffocation by the time I got it off me. Anyway, if you feel lucky and are the right size the chunk is a lot lighter.
I set my transmission on my chest and put it in by maneuvering on my creeper...but that was a stupid thing to do cause I'm not a big guy and was d close to suffocation by the time I got it off me. Anyway, if you feel lucky and are the right size the chunk is a lot lighter.
10-08-2012, 11:22 AM
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I let the axle hang as low as it will go then put the center section on my creeper and slide in along side it. Once under the car I just lift it up there and get it started on the studs. After that it usually takes some hits with a dead blow to get on seated all the way down.
10-09-2012, 09:38 PM
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I have to agree with therabidweasel. If you have the car up on stands, drop your axle until its hanging from the shocks. You should have the space you need. If not, pull your shock bolts ( with jack under axle.) and drop it down even more. Watch your brake line though.
10-17-2012, 12:18 PM
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10-17-2012, 12:29 PM
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If there is anything the safety training has taught me at work was to stop and think. All the possibilities of dropping it on your head, body, etc. Didnt really seem like a good idea, I have to be honest it did cross my mind and I had picked it up several times for the gear change when it was not under the car. In the end no doctor bills or aches or pains and the gears are in.
congrats,it can be a biyatch on the ground.
we changed out my old strange case to a yukon bolt thru case.
the yukon was so big it did not fit in the hole in the rear end....
where we just pulled the strange out of......
all i had was a grinder to open up the hole a bit to get it to fit.
