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BoC
September 12th, 2006, 21:58
The keeper in the carrier holding the cross pin is not a removable bolt, like the d35. It looks like a small hollow pin with a length long slice in it. How do I get this out? Thanks for any advice.
CanMan
September 12th, 2006, 22:00
The keeper in the carrier holding the cross pin is not a removable bolt, like the d35. It looks like a small hollow pin with a length long slice in it. How do I get this out? Thanks for any advice.

I used a punch to get it out. Tapped it with a hammer. The punch or rod must me damn near the same outside diameter as the pin. A bolt would work too.
BoC
September 12th, 2006, 22:04
The cross pin is still in it. If I use a punch will it go in to the pin and clear?
BoC
September 12th, 2006, 22:10
Ok I see how it works. Thanks for the assist man.
boise49ers
September 12th, 2006, 22:16
Make sure you replace the crush pin. My son didn't and it came out and chewed his ring and pinion to pieces. They are only a few cents and worth the trouble of finding one to fit.:sunshine:
CanMan
September 12th, 2006, 22:18
The cross pin is still in it. If I use a punch will it go in to the pin and clear?

Punch it through the backside(backside of the ring gear)(IIRC), and it shoud come out the other side.

Make sure you replace the crush pin. My son didn't and it came out and chewed his ring and pinion to pieces. They are only a few cents and worth the trouble of finding one to fit.:sunshine:

A master install kit should come with one. If not, a local axle shop should have one.
boise49ers
September 12th, 2006, 22:30
If it is a lunch box locker he won't get one. I bought an Aussie and my Son bought a Lock-rite. Neither had a new crush pin. Napa carries them also.
You'll love having the front locked. Then you will have to get the back locked too. Just SOP, trust me !
Have fun !
stewie
September 12th, 2006, 23:08
im about to install a aussie in my 30. thanks for the heads up. ill deffinitley head to NAPA and grab one. what did you ask for, just a crush pin for a Dana 30 front axle off of a Jeep XJ?
CanMan
September 12th, 2006, 23:15
im about to install a aussie in my 30. thanks for the heads up. ill deffinitley head to NAPA and grab one. what did you ask for, just a crush pin for a Dana 30 front axle off of a Jeep XJ?

Just take the old part with you, for sizing pourposes and such. I got mine when I got a new carrier. HTH.
boise49ers
September 13th, 2006, 12:59
Just take the old part with you, for sizing pourposes and such. I got mine when I got a new carrier. HTH.
Yep just like he said, I have a right up on installing an Aussie. Follow the link. Do not grind the corners of the carrier like I did though. Put it together in the carrier. It is more difficult, but it doesn't weaken the carrier which is what will take all the torque when you are wheelin. Have fun !

Install Link
http://myweb.cableone.net/cherokeexj/Aussie.htm
langer1
September 13th, 2006, 13:02
There is a slight shoulder also, the pin will only come out one way.
Bob Myers
September 13th, 2006, 13:34
Just for the record it is not a "crush pin" It is a spring pin, some may call it a "spring dowel pin", others a "roll pin". But the industrial name for it is "spring pin".
boise49ers
September 13th, 2006, 18:08
Just for the record it is not a "crush pin" It is a spring pin, some may call it a "spring dowel pin", others a "roll pin". But the industrial name for it is "spring pin".
That is good to know. I have been givin about a half dozen different names for it now. Roll pin sounds and looks about right though doesn't it ?
Bob Myers
September 13th, 2006, 18:12
That is good to know. I have been givin about a half dozen different names for it now. Roll pin sounds and looks about right though doesn't it ?
SOunds great! Just don't try looking it up in an industrial catalog with that name, you will not finf a spring pin there.