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Kids do not try this at home. Be an idiot like an adult and do it on the road.
Axle shaft removal requires no tools. It simply requires not tightening the brake drum nuts, followed by a drive.
After a 40 mile drive, I noticed the left rear wheel coated in gear oil. The oil was leaking out of the bottom of the brake drum. Lots of oil.
Then I noticed that the wheel and tire, hub and drum were separated from the axle housing by about an inch. After pulling the wheel and drum off, the axle came out very easily. Fortunately no damage to the teeth, so I put everything together and this time, I tightened the brake drum nuts, using grade 8's and lockwashers.
It was a good opportunity to go ahead and flush the rear end and put new gear oil in it- especially since I had already drained the rear end all over US Route 51 and Route 30- the environmental hazard should be negligible, too (I believe that is called "dilution").
I have new synthetic in it, so if it has the potential to leak- it really will leak now.
Axle shaft removal requires no tools. It simply requires not tightening the brake drum nuts, followed by a drive.
After a 40 mile drive, I noticed the left rear wheel coated in gear oil. The oil was leaking out of the bottom of the brake drum. Lots of oil.
Then I noticed that the wheel and tire, hub and drum were separated from the axle housing by about an inch. After pulling the wheel and drum off, the axle came out very easily. Fortunately no damage to the teeth, so I put everything together and this time, I tightened the brake drum nuts, using grade 8's and lockwashers.
It was a good opportunity to go ahead and flush the rear end and put new gear oil in it- especially since I had already drained the rear end all over US Route 51 and Route 30- the environmental hazard should be negligible, too (I believe that is called "dilution").
I have new synthetic in it, so if it has the potential to leak- it really will leak now.
