01 Jeep axle removal

[JDiehl]

My buddy is working on his wife's 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee and needs help pulling the axle to replace a leaking axle seal. Have it stripped down to just the axle but it will not slide out. Is there a keeper or something that holds it all together? Any help would be great!

 

[MA2LA]

depending on if you have a d35 or the 44. the 35 has C clips that you need to pull the diff cover and then pull out the cross shaft out of the diff sou you can push the axle in a little nad pull the clip out. the 44 just has a 4 bolt flange on the end of the housing.

 

[JDiehl]

Yeah its the four bolt flange but still couldn't get it to slide out. I think it takes a slide hammer of some sort. I think auto zone might have them for rent. We will be tearing back into it on Sunday.

 

[MA2LA]

ya its in there pretty good. an old trick we did on the trail is take the drum or rotor nad slide it on bckwards and put a couple nuts on just enough nad use that as a make shift slide hammer

 

[JDiehl]

OK that sounds like the ticket! Thanks for the help.