Justinsmt88

So I took a corner a little fast lost control, spun out and smacked into a curb. The force of the impact snapped the axle and rotor completely off the car and some how my caliper still works. The problem is I have no clue how to get the broken shaft out of the axle housing. Any ideas?

05gtdriver

Need to drop the rear cover, these Mustangs have C-Clips to secure the axle shaft.

moosestang

Yeah, you've got to remove the diff cover and pull the c-clip. then you can push it out from the inside.

Don't hit curbs!

Nuke

The curb is going to sue...

Chevy Convert

I'd be sure the housing isn't bent....

uberstang1

That must of been a hard hit, but like others mentioned pulling that axle out would be the same as pulling a good one out. Remove the diff cover draining the fluid, the 8.8 diffs use a lock shaft, its held in place by a small 8mm headed bolt, remove this bolt and spin the diff untill it falls down, the S clip will keep the spider gears in place. One the shaft drops down simply push in on the axle so the inside end and c-clip is expose. Remove the c-clip then the axle will slide right out. I would replace atleast the axle seal on the side while its appart, even the outer housing bearing if you have a puller.

Justinsmt88

The housing looks good but my panhard bar, sway bar, axle seal and bearing are done for. I hit it at about 30-35 mph, I just cant believe it took the whole axle out. So once I pull the c-clip I can just push the axle out from the inside?

uberstang1

Yea it will slide out. Make sure the lock shaft as c clip dodnt get damaged from the jar either.

JDWalton

IMO, if you did that much damage to the rear end... maybe look at a whole replacement axle from newtakeoff.com or similar site. In the long run might save you a bunch of time for about the same amount of cash as parting the whole thing back together.

pascal

JD's right.
Dump the whole thing.
Maybe get a NewTakeOff with different gears...?