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rear wheel pops out of shaft :(

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:27 pm
by hamer
hi guys
was out this weekend up the mountain in the welsh valleys :)
was great day out intill i noticed my mates sj rear wheel sliding out of the diff shaft
i had to jack it up every hundred yards and pop it back in
luckly it happend wen we got to the farm track

he recently had two new wheelbearings and rear drum shoes
could the bearing callaps the first time out????

is ther anything els than the bearing that keeps the axle in the shaft?

thanks
richy

Re: rear wheel pops out of shaft :(

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:47 pm
by Darrell
Do you mean the whole halfshaft is coming out. I have heard that some of the aftermarket retainer ring/collars are not a good tight fit.

Re: rear wheel pops out of shaft :(

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:01 pm
by hamer
ye mate think so lol
its just sliding out of the diff
driving along with the rear 16" wider ha

so it is only the bearing holding it in?

Re: rear wheel pops out of shaft :(

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:07 pm
by Darrell
Yes it's only the bearing holding it in, but the retainer is holding the bearing onto the shaft.

Re: rear wheel pops out of shaft :(

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:14 pm
by hamer
thanks mate
just glad it happend offroad not wen we got to the main road

Re: rear wheel pops out of shaft :(

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:53 pm
by Darrell

Re: rear wheel pops out of shaft :(

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 4:13 pm
by hamer
just read it mate
be copying his little solution to the problem :)
thanks mate

Re: rear wheel pops out of shaft :(

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 4:18 pm
by ScottieJ
I've had it happen to me, I was driving through some ruts that got wider :lol: changed the half shaft and used a new collar and it's never happened since.

Re: rear wheel pops out of shaft :(

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:50 pm
by Edweird
ScottieJ wrote:I've had it happen to me, I was driving through some ruts that got wider :lol: changed the half shaft and used a new collar and it's never happened since.
Telescopic axles. Now there's a bright idea.