How do I know if I wrecked the circlip

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I wouldn't go anywhere near that thin aluminum case with an air chisel.

[rbrown]

Like I said in one of the many threads on this, I could not get the drivers side out of my Festy. But the Capri was easier. There is something to being able to "get a running start" when you put force on pulling. Like a slide hammer. We need to invent a BIG long slide hammer

[kellen302]

I would've pulled them in the car, but due to it's crashy history, there wasn't enough room in the engine bay to stick my arm down, much less a prybar or hammer. I'll get my friend with the air chisel over on Wednesday so we can see if the vibrations on the axle cup (not the case) will knock the clip loose.

[rbrown]

This seem to be a recurring deal here lately.

Since this out of car it might be a bit more difficult. Nothing there to hold it while you pull.

[bravekozak]

The big screwdriver is only used to exert the smallest amount of pressure. The main trick is to ring the hammer on the tripot bell to center the clip by having the vibrations jar it into position. You shouldn't need two prybars if you do it right.

[kellen302]

So I get that I have to use 2 prybars, but how do I get them in there, the engine/trans is out of the protege and on the ground. So there's about 6 inches of space between the bottom side of the axle cup and the ground. Do I need to hoist it up to do it, that seems like all of the energy would get wasted in swinging the engine. This is just a little infuriating.

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Yea what he said, bottom line is you have to man up and pry pull or rip that sucker out of there without cracking the case.

[iceracerdude]

Reach all the way through the hole, around the pinion pin, and dab a little bearing grease onto the other axle hopefully getting some on the clip. Then put the other (short) passenger side back in, that will help to stabilize the diff carrier, then use TWO pry tools evenly at the same time on the other side to pry.
See, using only one pry tool actually sets up a binding issue!

[kellen302]

So I'm doing a BP swap and foolishly assumed that some of the difficult parts would go my way... The intermediate shaft came out easy (G25MR out of a Protege LX) because there wasn't a c-clip but I can't get the driver's stub out. I already cut it down to about 8 inches past the shaft that enters the transaxle because the axle nuts were FUBAR. There is about an eighth of an inch of in/out freeplay. I have limited tools for wailing on it. I've tried the tapping and rotating method but after about 5 min there wasn't even a glimmer of any movement with the clip. I tried looking in from the pass. side axle hole to see if I could see the clip and whatever direction it was pointed, but I couldn't. Is there anyway to tell if I've pinched the c-clip in the axle splines and really goofed things up? How do you guys free the circlip so it "falls" and the gap points down allowing the stub to come out? Yes I've used the search feature many times.