Got the Hummer up and running again, the Ebay halfshaft was less than half the cost but took 2 weeks to get here. I originally thought it was the CV part of the halfshaft that broke because that one had some play in it, but it was the shaft itself, twisted the splines till the shaft broke in two. The good thing is that the replacement has 3.5 inch CV's and 1 1/8th shafts vs the orignal 3 inch CV's and 1 1/16th shafts, for a 20% increase in strength.
And I lied, it wasn't a 20 minute fix, maybe if I had air tools and a helper!!! After parking it in my garage for 3 hours to warm everything up, it took about 2 hours, due to having no helper (my 3.5 year old was in thegarage with me but he's more like an anti-helper), no room (Hummer in a one car garage), and using all hand tools..which I had to look for. I changed out the diff oil to see if the detroit had broken any teeth, but there were no chunks on the magnetic plug... so I guess the detroit took it and is back for more.
I also have 2 spare front shafts on the way, I need to find one more rear spare shaft, then I should be good.
OK I am ready to wheel again!!! Let's go!! Game on!!
And I lied, it wasn't a 20 minute fix, maybe if I had air tools and a helper!!! After parking it in my garage for 3 hours to warm everything up, it took about 2 hours, due to having no helper (my 3.5 year old was in thegarage with me but he's more like an anti-helper), no room (Hummer in a one car garage), and using all hand tools..which I had to look for. I changed out the diff oil to see if the detroit had broken any teeth, but there were no chunks on the magnetic plug... so I guess the detroit took it and is back for more.
I also have 2 spare front shafts on the way, I need to find one more rear spare shaft, then I should be good.
OK I am ready to wheel again!!! Let's go!! Game on!!