Removing gear from outdrive (housing side)

[dasbo]

alright folks,

I know this has been in threads before (some time ago) but I just thought I'd check to see if anyone has come up with a better method than tapping the gear housing on a worktop. No amount of tapping is removing my gears from the outdrives. This is the first time I've tried to do this since building the car a year ago, since my diffs have been leak free until now. If I remember rightly, they were a very snug fit to begin with. I've also been whacking it with a hex driver and hammer but it's still not popping off.

Is this something else I have to take the dremel to during maintenance?

Cheers guys

[telboy]

Mine were a pretty 'snug' fit too.
The best way is to order some of the shims and eclips that fit inside. Then place the diff on something with a hole in, so that the outdrive fits through, then using an old driver and a small hammer, just tap the outdrive through. The e-clip and the shim will distort, hence the new ones to replace them.
This was the ONLY way I could get mine out too. So it had to be done.

BUT, when I put everything back together, the gears just dropped onto the outdrive nicely, without any 'force-age'.
So next time they will probably just knock out easily.

[dasbo]

Cheers Telboy.

I think I'll try as you suggest and drill a hole in a piece of wood, just big enough for the outdrive, and then hammer it out bending the e-clip.

i just hope its not like this everytime i need to disassemble.

[telboy]

Shouldn't be. Like I say, it whent back on with out any force after it had been stripped.

[IceMike]

will this method distort the gear or plastic parts of the diff?? need to make sure i order everything i need

[Stretch]

Just out of curiosity:

Why wouldn't you just get a straight bladed watchmaker's screwdriver, insert it between the inside of the e-clip and the shaft of the outdrive and twist it to pop the e-clip off? Takes a couple of seconds, no effort and you can usually reuse the clip as it doesn't get damaged.

HTH

[Andyp]

Originally Posted by Stretch

Just out of curiosity:

Why wouldn't you just get a straight bladed watchmaker's screwdriver, insert it between the inside of the e-clip and the shaft of the outdrive and twist it to pop the e-clip off? Takes a couple of seconds, no effort and you can usually reuse the clip as it doesn't get damaged.

HTH

You need to get the gear off before you can see the e clip on the plastic housing side ! i trial fitted my out drive to the gear before i put it thro the housing removing very small amount of anodising from the hex on the outdrive so it just falls out with a tap on a worktop/bench

[Kababking]

Just put the housing upside down for ten minutes and the gear will fall out without using any force at all. Note, if it doesnt fall out, just carefully knock it on the table and it will come.
G-force and oil works in mysterious ways
Then it is just to remove the e-clip without any hassle.

I discovered this by a coincidence

Cheers

[telboy]

That is ok when the gear goes onto the outdrive without any force needed.

My first lot had to be tapped hard to get them in the right position. I have tried the waiting game, but it never even budged. The fit was so tight that the only way to get the outdrive out was to hammer it out.

[Gonzo]

Originally Posted by dasbo

alright folks,

I know this has been in threads before (some time ago) but I just thought I'd check to see if anyone has come up with a better method than tapping the gear housing on a worktop.

Just put the gear on and off the outdrive a couple of times BEFORE putting it all together with housing etc, untill the gear comes of easely, THEN assemble everything with housing, clips, etc...
Doesn`t make any difference on operation, mine is running like that already half a season, and no stress when rebuilding...