half shaft replacment

ok this sounded easy enough but im stumped. a year and a half ago when I put the lift on the front I got a bit close to the CV joint boot with a torch. needless to say it has finely given up the ghost and is howeling pretty good. so I got together a new drivers side shaft and a new wheel bearing and set out 2 nights ago to replace the said shaft.
well so far I have everything off and out with the exception of the inner joint cup. I can not get it out of the dif to save my life. am I missing something? is there a C clip on the inside? so far I have tried prying from the back of the cup, crow bars and hammers, pickle forks and the last straw was tonight I borrowed a large slide hammer from Tymac but still have not gotten it to budge. the jeep is an 06 limited with the 4.7 engine.

I had the same issue when I snapped mine in half at the joint. I could not get it out for the life of me, so I ended up use a 3k winch on the front of my friends cub cadet tractor & it popped right out. there is no C clip holding it in there (as one that needs to be removed), just a royal PITFA.
Hope this helps some

The cv shaft does have a c-clip on it that holds it in the front differential.

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Originally Posted by 07JeepXK

The cv shaft does have a c-clip on it that holds it in the front differential.

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are you referring to the "wire " ring in the groove at the end of the shaft? this dose not require opening the cover to get to it correct ?

07JeepXK is right. There is a clip that holds it in place. You do not have to pull the diff cover to remove the axle. It is a pain in the butt to remove it some times.

thanks guys. I guess I need to see a man about a Cub then:D. ill keep you posted

well I don't know anyone with a cub tractor or a 3k winch but then it occurred to me that I have this in the drive
https://theultimatejeep.com/images/i...P7120109-1.jpg
https://theultimatejeep.com/images/i...P7120106-1.jpg
https://theultimatejeep.com/images/i...P7120110-1.jpg
id like to say this worked but at the risk of pulling the XK off the jack stands I backed it off.
I have given up im putting it back together and taking it to the shop on Monday.
im hanging my head in shame but life it to damn short

yours is really stuck, let us know what the shop says.

it will be going over today. to make matters worse as I was working on it I shifted the t-case into neutral thinking it would be easier to turn the shaft as I tried to remove it. now it wont shift back into gear, it just tells me 4wd needs service (no****)
thank god I have AAA

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Originally Posted by johnr

it will be going over today. to make matters worse as I was working on it I shifted the t-case into neutral thinking it would be easier to turn the shaft as I tried to remove it. now it wont shift back into gear, it just tells me 4wd needs service (no****)
thank god I have AAA

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You put the t-case in neutral or the transmission in neutral?

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Originally Posted by 07JeepXK

You put the t-case in neutral or the transmission in neutral?

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I had put the t-case in neutral. it seems that once it did not register the half shaft it would not let it re-engage.
anyhow got everything up and running again. the guy at the shop just had a bigger slide hammer than me. he used a die grinder and a cut off disc to cut a hole in the stub shaft so he could get the hook of his "frame starighening" slide hammer hooked on the inside getting a more direct straight pull on the shaft. the next thing was to hook 2 bungee cords to the shaft. this he told me was to keep tension on the stub shaft so after he hit it it would kind of set up a rocking motion until the ring clip finally collapsed and come out. he did say it took about 5 minutes of hammering before it came out. once the shaft was reinstalled the t-case connected up with no problem.

glad to hear it worked out.