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Replace Pinion Yoke

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Turbo Yukon Race Week Prep: Putting Logan To The Test...Putting Uncle Rob's Rear End Back Together!

What happens here

Remove the factory pinion yoke from the rear differential. This typically requires a specialized puller tool. The mechanic uses a three-footed steering wheel puller tool to successfully remove the old, rusted pinion yoke. Once removed, clean the area around the differential. The old dust shield and seal from the original pinion yoke can often be pressed off and reused with a new pinion yoke. The mechanic notes that the original seal is in poor condition and recommends replacing it.

Goal: Install a new pinion yoke to ensure proper driveline function.

Tools and materials

  • Impact Gun Milwaukee — Driving the puller tool
  • New Pinion Yoke — Replacement for the old pinion yoke
  • Penetrating Oil PB Blaster — Loosening the rusted pinion yoke
  • Pinion Yoke Puller Tool — Removing the old pinion yoke
  • Pry Bar — Assisting with stubborn component removal

What they say

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since you swept off is it stuck on there yeah i got this part off the hello they'll just bang on it there should come off now cool did you let it eat it all the way on that side too good did you not hear it i heard it eaten so we're good on there yeah we have to do these next you should just be able to hold this i think oh is it the same size it's an 18. yeah i think you can just hold these and get it off yep so good let it eat all right that's good because it's eating i gotta like get hype now you might be wondering why didn't we fill the diff yet well i'm gonna pull the pinion yoke off because i have a nice billet one to replace it with and it may leak out of here if you do that because i've done this before and got gear lube leaked on me when i went to changing on the escalade so we will try to pull this off now i've been soaking it in pv blaster for a while i don't think my little play toy dewalt is going to get it off probably going to have to use um one of their bigger ones over there we got we got to clip the e-brake or parking brake cable back up to the panhard bar with these gross things they go if this clip will even like go back i purposely ripped those off i thought they were trash they're supposed to hold this but they are kind of trash now you might as well just use zip ties yeah let's see if zip ties this is trash i could easily just like rip it off like you could poke your hand through that look it's broken yeah it did break when you took it off hmm oh well i thought it was garbage i'm sorry i mean they kind of are garbage i wonder if this was supposed to go inside that oh yeah it's broken in multiple places you don't need to use that anyway yeah we'll just use zip ties i think maybe this cable was supposed to no i thought this might go inside this bar but it doesn't because there's like a there's like a dent here from it rubbing on this so no we'll just zip tie it like that i'm going to see if i can buzz this crusty pinion yoke off no it's just turning the entire freaking thing that's funny if the parking brake works i should be able to just do that but may not work wheel ready good i was really worried that this wouldn't come off because it looks crusty as hail in there meanwhile the ugliest wheels that gm ever put on a yucaburb but they are the original wheels that i rode around on when i was a little kid so they're gonna stay there as much as i don't want them to did you have to double them up yeah oh well it'll be fine dust shield nah…

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