Has anyone completely removed (and replaced) Rear Axle? - Land Rovers Only

yieldsign2 · 07-17-2006, 08:22 PM

OKAY, this sure is a lot less fun to work on than the Porsche, but I knew that years ago!

it took destroying teh bolt by hamering on it, and pretty much melting the bushing with heat to get teh bolt out that holds teh trailing arm to the axle, still have yet to try the other side.. Has anyone found any tips to this area?

Also, i was starting to look at the load leveler and that looks even worse. Where is the easiest place to disconnect it, and how have you done it? I still have to pull the axle out of my parts car to put on this one and would liek to save as many bushings/parts as possible to either reuse or sell!

thanks for any help..

p76rangie · 07-17-2006, 11:25 PM

The load leveler and A frame will simply unbolt from the diff. One nut on the diff housing. If it will not budge, work your way up the A frame. There are 2 bolts holding the A frame together at the bottom. If you disconnect it here, you will also have to disconnect the ball joint at the bottom of the load leveler.

Can't offer any tips outside what you have alread done to get bolts out of bushes. Except for running a angle grinder up between the diff bracket and the arm and cutting through the bolt and the end of the bush.

Ian

Paul Grant · 07-18-2006, 02:37 AM

When I replaced the bushings on the a-frame arms I was lucky. After a few days of soaking the nuts and bolts with PB Blaster, they came off with relative ease. It's only a total of four nuts and bolts.

Since I wasn't removing the axle casing or attempting to keep the Boge (I have HD springs), I then used a sawzall to cut off the mounting point on the center piece between the two a-frame arms. With that done, I was easily able to remove the remainder of the mount and not so easily able to install a new ball joint on the axle casing above the diff. That's a story for another time!

On my old '85 there are two long bolts that hold the upper portion of the Boge to the frame. I cut off the ends of the bolts and pulled the remainder through the frame and the Boge was retired to the dumpster after a long and arduous life.

New bushings on the trailing and a-frame arms along with a new ball joint on top of the axle casing transformed my old truck.

07-17-2006, 08:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
yieldsign2 Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Pascoag, RI Posts: 313 Gallery: 0	Has anyone completely removed (and replaced) Rear Axle? OKAY, this sure is a lot less fun to work on than the Porsche, but I knew that years ago! it took destroying teh bolt by hamering on it, and pretty much melting the bushing with heat to get teh bolt out that holds teh trailing arm to the axle, still have yet to try the other side.. Has anyone found any tips to this area? Also, i was starting to look at the load leveler and that looks even worse. Where is the easiest place to disconnect it, and how have you done it? I still have to pull the axle out of my parts car to put on this one and would liek to save as many bushings/parts as possible to either reuse or sell! thanks for any help.. __________________ Devon Yablonski 1989 Range Rover Classic - Running and Muddy 1988 Range Rover Classic - Parts http://ads.auctionads.com/pagead/lin...assZyieldsign2

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07-17-2006, 11:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
p76rangie Ian Matthews Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 2,101 Gallery: 0	The load leveler and A frame will simply unbolt from the diff. One nut on the diff housing. If it will not budge, work your way up the A frame. There are 2 bolts holding the A frame together at the bottom. If you disconnect it here, you will also have to disconnect the ball joint at the bottom of the load leveler. Can't offer any tips outside what you have alread done to get bolts out of bushes. Except for running a angle grinder up between the diff bracket and the arm and cutting through the bolt and the end of the bush. Ian

07-18-2006, 02:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
Paul Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: CT Posts: 914 Gallery: 0	When I replaced the bushings on the a-frame arms I was lucky. After a few days of soaking the nuts and bolts with PB Blaster, they came off with relative ease. It's only a total of four nuts and bolts. Since I wasn't removing the axle casing or attempting to keep the Boge (I have HD springs), I then used a sawzall to cut off the mounting point on the center piece between the two a-frame arms. With that done, I was easily able to remove the remainder of the mount and not so easily able to install a new ball joint on the axle casing above the diff. That's a story for another time! On my old '85 there are two long bolts that hold the upper portion of the Boge to the frame. I cut off the ends of the bolts and pulled the remainder through the frame and the Boge was retired to the dumpster after a long and arduous life. New bushings on the trailing and a-frame arms along with a new ball joint on top of the axle casing transformed my old truck.

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