Housing is so bent can't even remove passenger side axle...binded into center section..any suggestion ?? How would you straighten housing back to remove axle..
don't know how much the bent axle is affecting you but I do know that the first 8.75 I tore apart I thought I was going to destroy the axle because the bearing was basically rusted into the housing end. In the end it came out with a little heat and using a long pry bar
in the "how to" articles, there is a good write up on how to narrow one of these housings. Part of it includes how to straighten out the housing. That is the only method I know to do that job
Can you fab? Build a giant slide hammer puller. You could even use another junk axle, if you have one. Try loosening the 3rd member so it can "angle" a bit. You have a way to lift it? front loader? overhead hoist? Rig it from above, so you can "walk" it off a suport like a bucket/ barrel etc and use the weight of itself for the hammer
Remove the other axle.
Completely unbolt the center section, making sure it's loose on the studs- i.e. break the gasket loose.
Now try the comealong/4wheeler/slide hammer.
(Oh yeah, unbolt the axle first... )
Was supposed to been 323 Sure Grip and both axles turned frontwards and backwards but I'm wondering if that other Axel was just binding and that's why it was turning...if not a sure grip I'm gonna be let down
Get 2 cinder blocks stood up and lay the rear across them on the pads. Pick up the bent side and drop it onto the block about 20 times. See if the weight of the pig bends the tubes enough to pull the axle. Can't hurt anything cept the tubes...or the cinder blocks. Maybe put some wood on then.