1996 silverado drive shaft removal.

I am having trouble removing the driveshat out of my 1996 chevy.l It
is one piece. The front is a yoke going into the transfer case, The
back is held in with bolts. manual says to remove bolts and drop
driveshaft but it wont budge. What am I doing wrong?

On Mar 12, 5:28*pm, stryped > wrote:
> I am having trouble removing the driveshat out of my 1996 chevy.l It
> is one piece. The front is a yoke going into the transfer case, The
> back is held in with bolts. manual says to remove bolts and drop
> driveshaft but it wont budge. What am I doing wrong?

Usually you have to push the whole driveshaft forward slightly to get
it disengaged from the differential before you can pull it down and
out. Now that the bolts are out, have you tried tapping it with a
rubber mallet back there to break it loose?

Chris

On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 16:28:27 -0800, stryped wrote:

> I am having trouble removing the driveshat out of my 1996 chevy.l It is
> one piece. The front is a yoke going into the transfer case, The back is
> held in with bolts. manual says to remove bolts and drop driveshaft but
> it wont budge. What am I doing wrong?

What you are doing wrong is multiple-posting (to at least here and
rec.crafts.metalworking), rather than cross-posting.

Read the Wikipedia article on cross posting, especially the section on
multiple posting. Then use Google to find directions on cross posting
from Google groups. Google won't tell you -- I think they're trying to
kill USENET. Then, when you feel a need to post to multiple groups, do
it the right way.

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On 03/12/2011 07:31 PM, Hal wrote:
> On Mar 12, 5:28 pm, > wrote:
>> I am having trouble removing the driveshat out of my 1996 chevy.l It
>> is one piece. The front is a yoke going into the transfer case, The
>> back is held in with bolts. manual says to remove bolts and drop
>> driveshaft but it wont budge. What am I doing wrong?
>
> Usually you have to push the whole driveshaft forward slightly to get
> it disengaged from the differential before you can pull it down and
> out. Now that the bolts are out, have you tried tapping it with a
> rubber mallet back there to break it loose?
>
> Chris

or just prying on the cross of the U-joint with a large screwdriver
(assuming that it's u-bolts and not a bolted flange like my F-150, if
the latter it should be easier to remove)

nate

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