The clips you're referring to (generally called "C" clips) aren't used on AMC axles. The Dana 35 in XJ Cherokees uses them after 1995 or so, that's as close as it gets! The splines fit tight on the spider gears in the diff, that's all that's holding the axles in. On November 13, 2005 Jeff Reeves wrote: > Once the brake backing plate is unbolted, you can either use a real slide hammer to "snatch" the hub/axle/backing plate assembly loose from the housing, or you can invert one of the brake drums on the lug studs, loosely screw on the lug nuts, then use the brake drum as a slide hammer to pull the whole works. > Neither the AMC 15 nor the AMC 20 rear end use any internal retainers to keep the axles in place--it's all held in by the bearing retainers. > > Jeff Reeves > Auburn GA > 94 Cherokee > 79 Spirit GT project (see www.threejeffsamc.com) > 73 Javelin 401 > 72 Javelin SST > 69 Ambassador DPL > > > On November 13, 2005 Bill Strobel wrote: > > > The backing plate is unbolted. I remember I think > > pulling a pin out of differential but the TSM makes no > > reference of it. It feels like something holding it > > in when it shouldn't > > > > Bill Strobel > > Independent Towing > > Fayetteville NC > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ============================================================= > Posted by wixList Archiver -- http://www.amxfiles.com/wixlist ============================================================= Posted by wixList Archiver -- http://www.amxfiles.com/wixlist