Drive Shaft Spring

[vmb]

Would someone out there please tell me how to remove the spring from the drive shaft. Special tool or what? I think its the only bump between me and getting back on the road. TIA Virgil

[The emperor has no clothes]

Well I did it the hard way, by pushing down on it with one hand and removing the clip with the other hand. But I wouldn't recommend that way, it was a bitch. Someone made a jig out of wood holding it in place. Try search under "driveshaft seal" maybe. Sorry not much help

[vmb]

Tried the same thing. U a better man than me if u got it. I'll check on the tip about the jig. Thanks. PS Is that annual party at Havasu Falls as crazy as it looks on TV or have u ever been. Just wondering

[sandy]

Two people: Hold shaft in a vice, spring end up. Use a hook tool (bend a flat screwdriver 90 deg) to pull down on the spring. The other guy uses an internal circlip pliers to squeeze the circlip. Good luck, yes it's a bitch. Swear words are often useful.

[The emperor has no clothes]

Tried the same thing. U a better man than me if u got it. I'll check on the tip about the jig. Thanks. PS Is that annual party at Havasu Falls as crazy as it looks on TV or have u ever been. Just wondering

I don't know about being a better man , took me probably a dozen try's before I finally got it. And yeah this lake gets pretty crazy . But they have cracked down on the nudity a little, I think do it for the revenue from fines and some of the old bastards around here can be pretty prudish 

[hubcapsc]

Wait till you try to get it back on...

Here's a wooden jig I threw together... slid the spring down over the
two screws and compressed the spring until I could fit the pinion
end of the shaft in front of the 2X2...



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-Mike

[pancho]

Hey Mike,, couldn't you find some old raggedy scrap wood to make that jig out of??    HA   

Looks like a knuckle saver..  good work.

[jimmytee]

I was wondering why change it?

[hubcapsc]

I was wondering why change it?

In my case, I had  a new drive shaft, but not a new spring...

-Mike

[pancho]

I was wondering why change it?

Or to replace the seal.

[vmb]

What's the term? YANKEE ENGINUITY! You guys come up with some outstanding ideas. I got it from here. And thanks. Virgil

[hubcapsc]

What's the term? YANKEE ENGINUITY! You guys come up with some outstanding ideas. I got it from here. And thanks. Virgil

Southern 

-Mike

[0leman]

Like your jig for removing the clip.   I have just put my drive shaft in my vice,  used a vice grip pliers to push down the spring and then set the pliers to hold the spring down.  Didn't mar the surface of the shaft.  I have replaced two seals and traded spring and clips from old shaft to new shaft that way.

[vmb]

I stand corrected, SOUTHERN it is!

[Jess from VA]

Southern   

I saw that coming.   

[Brian]

I compressed the spring using two or three nylon wire ties. It worked great and easy.