Originally Posted by
S.TRIPP77
OK ur first question about the play in the pinion shaft, I took some clutch (nitro) bell shims from a losi kit. And took out alittle bit of play, I put the shims in behind the coupler. I did leave a hair of play.
i take the center diff and brace out at one time.
I hope I helped u out man.
Thanks, but I never said/implied anything about play. I was just trying to find the best way to remove the center diff.
I was looking at sliding the shaft coupler off the rear diff pinion in order to remove the rear center drive shaft. This would allow me to simply remove the rear center diff mount and slide the center diff our rearward. 5 screws total. However, the engagement length of coupler on the rear diff pinion shaft is longer than the space between coupler's slot bottom and the dog bone (rear center shaft). So it appears its a 9 screw effort, of which 3 have loctite.