Lemme guess, its stuck in the bearing supported extension on the passenger side of the drivetrain? This is common when someone fails to replace the seal at the end of the axle and/or grease the axle before installing it.
You could try removing the entire piece (two 15mm bolts hold the extension to the back of the block) and working on it on your workbench. Some things to try: Soaking the joint with a rust breaking solution (PB Blaster works well) Drill a hole in the end near the transaxle end and squirting some penetrate in there as well. Do this over a number of days. If you have access to some freeze spray and a torch you could carefully heat the entire joint up (try not to damage the bearing or its rubber carrier). Then hit the joint with the freeze spray. The thermal shock (rapid expansion and contraction) might break the rust up enough to allow the joints to slip apart. A couple of attempts at this might yield some results. Others have had to drill and tap the extension housing with a hydraulic pressure fitting and fill the inside with hydraulic fluid via a pump to force the two pieces apart. Be sure to include a way to bleed off the air or you'll basically make a cannon out of the axle and then you'll be in for quite a shock when it shoots across the room. Another thought I was going to try and hadn't yet was similar to the above only it doesn't involve launching anything across the room (so its not as much fun and I'll have to blow something else up to feel like the project is complete) Basically like the above, you remove the U-joint (its a standard Mopar U-joint and should be replaced periodically) bore a hole in the cast iron yoke large enough for a 1/2" diameter piece of all-thread to pass through. Now you can either tap the hole in the casting for the all-thread or build a puller that hooks onto the yokes that the all thread passes through. If you're concerned about the stability of the all-thread then you could use a more standard puller with a piece of cold rolled steel machined to fit the hole with machined areas on either end to hold the end of the axle and the puller's through bolt. From there its simply a matter of cranking on the bolt to hopefully push the axle out. When finished you simply plug the hole with! a thre aded plug and install a new U-joint and make sure to grease the axle splines before installation with a good synthetic axle grease (Mobil makes an excellent product in a grease gun tube) Good luck, Stefan Mullikin Portland, OR PNW-SDAC Founding Member 1979 Porsche 924 (Carrera GTS Replica and GRM $2007 Challenger) 1980 Fiat X-1/9 (never ending 2.2 turbo swap) 1984 Dodge Rampage 2.2 1987 Plymouth Sundance Turbo (Daily Driver) 1987 Shelby CSX #106 -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I am replacing the CV axle on my 85 Dodge 600 Turbo. I can not seem to get the > CV axle separated from the half shaft. From looking at my repair man it looks > like it should slip out. I have tried a pry bar my hammer, vise ect. but no > luck. I am afraid that I will damage the half shaft if I am not careful and I > am not to sure that half shafts are readily available. > > Any thoughts, tricks? heat? air hammer? > > Jeff York > 1985 Dodge 600 Turbo intercooler > 2005 Chrysler 300 Hemi > 1999 Dodge GC Sport > KR-2 Flying > N839BG > Home page http://web.qx.net/jeffyork40/ > My KR-2 http://web.qx.net/jeffyork40/Airplane/ to see my KR-2 > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html
