Removing D30 carrier

[willness33]

Got this empty housing that I cannot beat or pry this carrier out of. It's not installed on anything and is stripped down to just the pinion and carrier. I need to get the carrier out kind of carefully, one, so I don't lose the shims and two, I'm reusing this gear set, carrier and housing on my daughter's jeep. It's a 4.11 gear and it's got a lunchbox locker in it. All I need to do is get the locker out to put in spider gears because my kid has no reason for locked axles. Cross pin won't clear the ring gear otherwise. TIA
Oh and ignore the slivers of toobafore.

 

[willness33]

Option 1 is just put the axle together and install it while it's all bolted in, then pry it out. Option 2 is somehow make this thing stick to the ground and use a strap on the engine hoist.
Option 3 is maybe some of the more skilled gear guys have a trick and will save me hours of drinking and coming up with bad ideas to try.

 

[jeepinmatt]

First, pull the axles

 

[Jeffncs]

The correct way is to use a D30/D44 case spreader. This tool has pins that go into the round holes on either side of the housing and spreads the housing to install/remove the carrier.

Personally - I was too cheap to buy the tool. Instead, I used a pair of pry bars to pull the carrier out using the ring gear bolt heads. 1 pry bar towards the top and 1 towards the bottom. Have a blanket below to cushion the carriers fall.

 

[mbalbritton]

Or

I know you're smarter than me on this stuff, but you didn't forget to pull the axles shafts out right? (yes I know you said empty housing, just being funny.. kinda.. sorta...)

 

[mbalbritton]

First, pull the axles

damn, beat me to it.

 

[willness33]

First, pull the axles

I made a mental bet you would say just that. It's people like me that tolerate people like you

 

[Jeffncs]

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[willness33]

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If I wasn't being frugal I'd have farmed it out for a few hondo. That would probably be a one time use for me.

 

[Jeffncs]

If I wasn't being frugal I'd have farmed it out for a few hondo. That would probably be a one time use for me.

I had the same logic which is why I just used the pry bars and let it drop onto a blanket while I was setting up my D44.

 

[willness33]

I had the same logic which is why I just used the pry bars and let it drop onto a blanket while I was setting up my D44.

I've tried 1 bar but just walked the housing on the jackstands. 2 will probably be the ticket.

 

[Hokie_YJ]

Stuff some rags in between the pinion and ring gear and turn the pinion it will usually help pop the carrier out.

 

[willness33]

I had the same logic which is why I just used the pry bars and let it drop onto a blanket while I was setting up my D44.

See anything wrong with backing out a few bolts a scoche to get a better bite?

 

[LBarr2002]

See anything wrong with backing out a few bolts a scoche to get a better bite?

To get my broken and swollen d44 carrier out I replaced 1 ring gear bolt with a longer bolt to get a grip on it with wrecking bar.

 

[willness33]

Well Ho Lee Chit. @Hokie_YJ and @Jeffncs, the combination of the rags and 2 pry bars worked perfect. Love all yall in a brotherly way. @jeepinmatt , well hey what's up lolz

 

[willness33]

To get my broken and swollen d44 carrier out I replaced 1 ring gear bolt with a longer bolt to get a grip on it with wrecking bar.

Makes sense and that was my next thought.

 

[jeepinmatt]

I have a pair of matching 18" pry bars for this purpose. When those don't work, I have a pair of matching 30" prybars. When those don't work, you can put a wrench on the ring gear bolt and a pipe wrench on the yoke and use the gear pitch to push it out, just make sure you're going the right way.

 

[shawn]

somehow make this thing stick to the ground and use a strap on the engine hoist

Lay the legs of the hoist over the housing and use the arm to pull the carrier.

 

[willness33]

Lay the legs of the hoist over the housing and use the arm to pull the carrier.

That's an awesome idea. Got it with the rags and pry bars though. I've pulled carriers in the mud but they were still in the vehicle. Having the whole bare housing flopping around was confounding me.

 

[Hokie_YJ]

Well Ho Lee Chit. @Hokie_YJ and @Jeffncs, the combination of the rags and 2 pry bars worked perfect. Love all yall in a brotherly way. @jeepinmatt , well hey what's up lolz

I just recently learned that trick stripping down my SuperDuty 60 on jack stands.

 

[willness33]

I just recently learned that trick stripping down my SuperDuty 60 on jack stands.

I could see the carrier pushing out as the pinion was rotated. That's the kind of hack I was hoping to learn today. Good stuff man!