How to remove 633A104 trans axle - Craftsman 17.5 hp 42 in. Deck Lawn Tractor - CA Model

The axle is held in with a slip retainer. SOMETIMES THEY ARE hard to get to release. Google you tube has a few videos that can help.

Any thing is possible if you have enough jacks and supports. Depending on which side your trans is on, lift the car, remove wheel, remove Axle, make sure to drain fluid before removing axle, may have to loosen strut assembly to remove axle. Once that's out of the way, proceed to remove the trans linkage and all the bolts from the trans housing,once all the bolts are removed, with a trans jack under the trans, proceed to wiggle the trans until it's loose and pulled back and out. So I'm guessing that the shaft seal is the rear engine seal?

Jack the mower up at the rear and make it stable before doing any work on it, remove the rear wheels by removing the hub caps if they are still on the wheels and remove the cir clip and washer on each wheel and remove the wheels. there will be a key way on each axle when you remove the wheel, make sure they are put back in their place when assembling the wheels onto the axles or you will not have any drive on the wheels
Remove the drive belt, brake rod etc then support the trans axle before removing the retaining bolts and removing the trans axle from the mower. hope this helps.
If you are not mechanically inclined then you should leave the repairs of the trans axle to the mower repair shop unless you are buying a new or reconditioned trans axle, in which case you can fit the new trans axle in the reverse order of removal.

The diff is part of the trans axle automatic transmission assembly and is not a separate part that can be removed.

the trans axle is the tranny...but if you meen the c.v axles you can take off the axle nut ..then remove the tie rod and lower ball joint and change the axle shaft with out tranny removal.. the tranny is called a transaxle on a front wheel drive car cause the differential and the tranny is one unit where as on rear drive car you have the tranny and then a rear diff connected bt a drive shaft where there is 3 seprate units

Do you have them off already? If not jack car block up at FRAME put in neutral pull wheel remove tie rod nut remove axle nut remove ball joint bolt from lower knuckle seperate knock axle out from knuckle don't DAMAGE axle threads pop axle out from trans large prybar from axle to trans should pop out held in with snap ring install reverse or what you did

you can purchase a Haynes Manuel at your local auto parts store they have more detail but hose axles are tricky they have a keeper that locks them into place so they dont pop out while you are driving you really need more leverage than a screwdriver

lower subframe its easy to do and drop engine out the bottom onto the floor

remove whole axle.. take strut assembly and steering gear apart ,. then big nut at hub, pull strut/steering linkage away from axle out of center...then pop inner axle shaft out of transmission , with drip pan underneath as you will flow trans fluid from there..do both sides then separate trans and drop...good luck

Definitely not easy.You need a way to jack the front end and support it safely.Have to use a pretty powerful 1/2" drive air gun as a couple hundred foot pounds is required to remove the axle nuts,as well as a large socket to fit the axle nut.You also have to break the ball joints loose,and have a large pry bar to remove the axles from the trans while being careful of the axle seals.