I was pulling apart a D44 with stock gears to regear and the carrier was really stuck in there! I had a heck of a time getting the carrier out. The drivers side was coming up but the passenger side was not coming loose.
I have pulled carriers on the D30's before and am familiar with some of the methods such as roll a rag around the ring gear, using pry bars against both sides of the carrier, case spreaders, what have you.
What I finally did was massage the drivers side back into place by tightening the cap bolts a little at a time. With the drivers side still bolted down, I stacked some steel on both sides of the housing and spanned it and put puller jaws on the carrier to get the passenger side to come up a bit. Then I started loosing the caps and working the puller a little at a time so it would walk out evenly.
Just wondering if this happens often or if there was something I should have tried first.
I have pulled carriers on the D30's before and am familiar with some of the methods such as roll a rag around the ring gear, using pry bars against both sides of the carrier, case spreaders, what have you.
What I finally did was massage the drivers side back into place by tightening the cap bolts a little at a time. With the drivers side still bolted down, I stacked some steel on both sides of the housing and spanned it and put puller jaws on the carrier to get the passenger side to come up a bit. Then I started loosing the caps and working the puller a little at a time so it would walk out evenly.
Just wondering if this happens often or if there was something I should have tried first.