A slide hammer kit like the one shown is used to pull the axles out of the housing. Remove all the bolts on the differential cover.
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Best way to clean axle housing. Touch up as needed these are offroad vehicles no need to show and shine. Just did thisspray with degreaser rent borrow or steal a power sprayer i used a 2200 psi sprayer. I started cleaning the rear axle housing to prepare it for paint i was using a wire brush and a plastic scrubber both attached to a drill. Remove your tie rod or loosen one side and get it out of the way. Remove the cover first allowing all the oil to drain out. Best way to cleandegrease old axle housings.
I got the order correct here 50 of the time. Sand blasting will most certainly clean the housing. It seemed to do an okay job. Once the cover is shiny run a magnet around the. A basic degreaser or just a series of shop towels is all thats necessary to clean out the housing cover. Naxja forums north american xj association naxja unibody jeep technical forums jeep cherokee xj 1984 2001 modified tech discussion.
Take a look at his site and you will see that he has many many options from just the axles all the way up to the complete kit. Unless you want to spend hours slapping on navel jelly and scraping it offblasting is the way to go. Autozone had the slide hammer and the axle puller for rent. Clean the axles let dry then paint with 299 per can flat or semi gloss black paint. Shipping was 450 to massena ny. Use gloves you wont mind throwing away.
First remove the axle bolts then attach axle puller foot to lug nuts then slide hammer that axle out. And sand will get everywhere there is no way around it.
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