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ZUKIWORLD Model Specific Suzuki Forum => Suzuki Sidekick, Vitara, Geo Tracker (Gen. 1 Platform) 1989-1998 => Topic started by: TNTracker on November 04, 2012, 10:38:40 AM
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I busted my front housing on my 93 tracker the other day and i got me another housing and chunk to swap out. my question is does the front inner drivers side axle just pull out from the housing?
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The inner driver side shaft does pull out of the housing/diff. It has the same spline as the passenger side CV stub shaft into the diff AND has the same c-clip on the end of it which usually requires it to be extracted by inserting a yoke (Y shape) pry bar under the flange end and tap it out with a hammer. I pulled mine out of my '02 Tracker again a couple months ago and I had to get serious with the hammer to extract it. I ended up wrapping a rag around the handle of my yoke shaped pry bar to ease the vibration on the hand during hammer impacts. It also sometimes helps to rotate the shaft between blows to help center up the c-clip in the spline groove. Either way, easy or tough, it does come out.
Just to be safe, be sure to count the number of teeth on BOTH ring gears in the diffs to ensure they do match up before the install.
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Thanks for the reply. I will for sure check the gears they should be the same since they were both 5 speeds and early 90s models but you never know who may have messed with the one in the junk yard. Thanks again
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You are very much welcome. OBTW, I don't know if you had planned on doing this... but also consider replacing the oil seals on the new housing while you have it out and on the bench. Particularly the passenger side seal. It's the best time to 'get-r-done.'