Removing Pot Joints
Best Answer dsgoody , 06 April 2018 - 01:23 PM
Thanks for all the help; it took two of us in the end - one person with a pry bar and another with the proper tool.
Ended up punching grooves into the clip.
Cheers.
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Posted 27 March 2018 - 09:00 PM
I'm having some issues removing a pot joint that was replaced with a Mini Spares one a year ago. The old one on the driver side come off no problem, but the new one on the passenger side won't budge even with the proper tool.
Any tips? Is there any known faults making them more difficult to remove?
Cheers.
#2
Posted 27 March 2018 - 09:32 PM
Edited by ukcooper, 27 March 2018 - 09:44 PM.
#3
Posted 27 March 2018 - 09:53 PM
I don't have an answer for you but presume you're talking about one of these:
http://www.minispare...|Back to search
#4
Posted 28 March 2018 - 12:27 AM
Hi all
I'm having some issues removing a pot joint that was replaced with a Mini Spares one a year ago. The old one on the driver side come off no problem, but the new one on the passenger side won't budge even with the proper tool.
Any tips? Is there any known faults making them more difficult to remove?
Cheers.
Try two people 2 pry bars and a hammer....
Prise at two opposite sides at the same time and tap the pot joint (sometimes hard) with a decent sized hammer,
Try turning it between tries too.
A drift can help, as its easy to miss the edge of the pot joint swinging a hammer...
It can only really be got at properly from underneath.
Sometimes they can be a pig, try turning it between tries too
#5
Posted 28 March 2018 - 12:30 AM
Hi all
I'm having some issues removing a pot joint that was replaced with a Mini Spares one a year ago. The old one on the driver side come off no problem, but the new one on the passenger side won't budge even with the proper tool.
Any tips? Is there any known faults making them more difficult to remove?
Cheers.
what are you actually doing? removing it from the diff or from the drive shaft?
#6
Posted 28 March 2018 - 12:42 AM
I assumed from the diff....
#7
Posted 28 March 2018 - 02:23 AM
It sounds like The C Clip has got caught and not contracted in to it's slot as it should.
I've had a few do this.
If you keep banging away at it, with a dolly, not the factory tool, it will eventually come. You need to shear the C clip.
If the engine is in the car, most of the time I can get to them from the top, using a 4' length of 3/4 steel bar - it's easier than slugging away underneath.
#8
Posted 06 April 2018 - 01:23 PM Best Answer
Thanks for all the help; it took two of us in the end - one person with a pry bar and another with the proper tool.
Ended up punching grooves into the clip.
Cheers.
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