Topic: Broken Longfield removal????

[dmczeke]

So I broke another short side Longfield this weekend, very clean break, no shards or jagged edges. I was able to remove the outer shaft, but the inner is stuck in the housing. I have an old model ARB RD01 diff and I'm pretty sure that it has a center pin which prevents me from knocking the shaft out from the drivers side. I tried some vise grips and slide hammer to pull it out but she is STUCK! I think welding to the shaft and slide hammer is my next option, but not sure how well that will work. Any and all advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[jrock]

Stick a welding rod to it an yank it out

[Slolyfe]

I used to take a PVC pipe(think one inch) then fold some welding wire into the tube and beat the PVC onto the broken shaft. Then you have some leverage to wiggle the broken shaft.

[dmczeke [OP]]

I ended up putting a shaft collar in front of the splines and used a gear puller to finally pop it out. what a relief lol.

[moutaintoys]

Remove other side take pvc cut a noch to go on each side of center pin then hit it like your married to it.