Dana 30 axle removal question

cloudswimmer

NAXJA Forum User

Location

So.Cal.

• Nov 26, 2007

• #1

I need to remove my Dana 30 shafts and replace them with Alloy chromolys.I've never done this before.I found a write up on the web on doing this and was wondering if someone could check out the link and see if its kosher, and if there's anything missing before I start.Thanks!

Link

http://www.stu-offroad.com/axle/d30/axle-1.htm

 

KarlVP

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Location

Hardcoreville, WA

• Nov 26, 2007

• #2

Yup that writeup is exactly what you need to do.

 

Lowrange2

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Location

Abbeville, SC

• Nov 26, 2007

• #3

Except he didn't stress how much of a PITA removing the hub usually is... Go get a bolt thats the same thread as the 12 point 13mm bolts but a lil longer and thread it into the hub. Use what ever force needed with a hammer each hole till the hub comes out.... Don't over do it and mess up the threads in the hub... make sure it's threaded all the way in.

 

Last edited: Nov 26, 2007

cloudswimmer

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Location

So.Cal.

• Nov 26, 2007

• #4

Sweetness..........Thanks guys!

 

Begster

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Location

Cape Cod/Boston, Mass

• Nov 26, 2007

• #5

Ya I just went to the dealership and got 3 new bolts, cost about $16, but I threaded the old ones in, too a mallet and just went around. Clean up where the hub meets the knuckle with a wire brush to help it go back in.

Also, when you go to replace the shafts, try cleaning out the axle tubes first of all the dirt, or else you will have a decent amount show up on the axle shafts when they are threaded back into the carrier.

 

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rstarch345

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Location

Where ever I can wheel

• Nov 26, 2007

• #6

lowrange2 said:

Except he didn't stress how much of a PITA removing the hub usually is... Go get a bolt thats the same thread as the 12 point 13mm bolts but a lil longer and thread it into the hub. Use what ever force needed with a hammer each hole till the hub comes out.... Don't over do it and mess up the threads in the hub... make sure it's threaded all the way in.

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Hubs are easy to remove.

There are a lot of methods, but this is the easiest I know of.

Put a bolt in there between the end of the yoke and the side of the inner C and turn the steering wheel. Pops them right out of the knuckle without hurting anything(except hammer sales).

You may have to move it to the other side to walk the bearing out, but it's real easy to do.

 

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1996cc

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Location

Springfield, OR

• Nov 27, 2007

• #7

Or just turn the knuckle and hit it with a hammer in the same spot as that bolt, pops right out.