d20 tailshaft replacement

[orangecherokee]

does anyone know how to do this?? i had the pleasure of shearing mine off and was wondering what is the process of replacing this. thanks

[Stuka]

Its not hard afaik. Pull the yoke, then the tail housing bolts off. The tail shaft can them come out if i recall correctly. Looking for a detailed teardown. i have one here somewhere. if I find it I will post it.

[porkchop]

It is pretty much like Stuka said, except you don't have to pull the yoke until after it is off. Either way will work. Here is a good tear down. http://www.fullsizejeeps.com/jeeps/files/Misc-Pictures/D20BD.jpg

I would post the picture but it is pretty large.

[orangecherokee]

i tried taking the five bolts off but it wouldn't budge. i think i'll try taking the yoke off first and see what happens. thanks for the picture of the teardown. smile.gif

[Stuka]

You may need to tap the housing (or bang in some cases ;) ) with a hammer to break it loose.

[Midnightwagon]

bang tap?? arent they the same?

[porkchop]

Don't get me started with the hammer :D ! Just tap around it will start to come off. There is a thick fiber gasket that gets gummed up and stuck after time.

I printed that breakdown off in four sections and then taped it together and had it in my garage on the wall. I gave it to RB before he did his D20 rebuild. It helps a lot.

[mandoneer]

I bolted a come along to the yoke , hooked the other end to the 44 and cranked away 3 cranks and the tail housing popped right off. when you put it back togeather make sure that the preload on the thrust washers/spacers is correct otherwise you will get a wicked vibration and break your yoke again(I done lernt this the hard way)