problem with takin off front diff cover

[joebulls]

hi everyone i have a 2000 X V6 shoc 4x4 i tryin to take off the front diff cover i got all the bolts off but i guess its hung up on the gears inside and i cant pull it down but i was lookin at that long square bar thats underneath the the diff takin that off puttin a jack under the diff and slowly bring it down plz can someone tell me whats the easiest way

 

[AMMO_HOOAH]

As far as I know you have to pull the whole axel to get the cover off.

 

[IZwack]

Yeah I think its impossible to get the cover off.

 

[joebulls]

how do u guys do it when u were changin your diff oil could u tell what kind of axle are they a dana 35

 

[IZwack]

To remove the oil, you siphon it through the fill plug on the side with some sort of a pump. It takes a while but it works.

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

welcoem aboard

 

[BrooklynBay]

Welcome to this forum!

 

[AMMO_HOOAH]

Now that you have the cover off you're pretty much destined to drop the axle, because even if you got the cover off you would have one heck of a time cleaning off the old rtv not to mention putting new on.

 

[shortstack]

To remove the oil, you siphon it through the fill plug on the side with some sort of a pump. It takes a while but it works.

i tried this once and the gears got in the way so the hose couldn't "suck" anything. maybe try a shop vac