Help!! Cant get driveshaft out
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Help!! Cant get driveshaft out
Hi guys... Pulled the back 4 bolts by the diff... not sure where to go from here...
All of my books say, pull drive shaft... then goes onto whatever else the section is about... grrr
To my understanding it is supposed to slide onto the tailshaft of the trans... but how is it supposed to do that, if there is no give in the system?
Do i need to pull the front 4 bolts inorder to get it off?
Thanks for the help guys
ZD
All of my books say, pull drive shaft... then goes onto whatever else the section is about... grrr
To my understanding it is supposed to slide onto the tailshaft of the trans... but how is it supposed to do that, if there is no give in the system?
Do i need to pull the front 4 bolts inorder to get it off?
Thanks for the help guys
ZD
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Re: Help!! Cant get driveshaft out (ZD75blue)
If you disconnect the front and rear yokes you should be able to slide the tranny yoke in a little to remove the driveshaft.
Gary
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Gary
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Re: Help!! Cant get driveshaft out (ZD75blue)
so it should just slide forward enough to drop one end?
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Re: Help!! Cant get driveshaft out (Jester69Stingray)
You should only have to remove the bolts for the differential to driveshaft u-joint, slide the driveshaft foward slightly to clear the differential u-joint mounts and the driveshaft will fall down allowing for removal. The front spline tube slides back and forth slightly in the tranny during normal operation..... :smash:
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Re: Help!! Cant get driveshaft out (Bob Jenkins)
Bob J...no way man, undo the diff bolts, the shaft falls off, but there is typically NO room to slide rearward at enough angle/depth to get the tranny yoke to slip off, need undoo both ends....PIA, but that' way mine was and still is...I looked at it while everything was apart, and no way man, not on my car anyway...
GENE :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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Re: Help!! Cant get driveshaft out (gtr1999)
If you disconnect the front and rear yokes you should be able to slide the tranny yoke in a little to remove the driveshaft.
Gary
[Modified by gtr1999, 10:06 PM 9/1/2002]
Gary
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Re: Help!! Cant get driveshaft out (ZD75blue)
Thanks guys... i have a stanley adjustable breaker bar... it is very nice for this sort of thing :)
about a foot of extensions, and the rear bolts were off. I had to take a pipe and wedge the tire up... somethign about it wanting to turn
Anyone know how hard it is to polish metal? I've been admiring everyones polished intakes... a polished drive shaft would be a start :yesnod:
Thanks again guys
ZD
about a foot of extensions, and the rear bolts were off. I had to take a pipe and wedge the tire up... somethign about it wanting to turn
Anyone know how hard it is to polish metal? I've been admiring everyones polished intakes... a polished drive shaft would be a start :yesnod:
Thanks again guys
ZD
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Re: Help!! Cant get driveshaft out (ZD75blue)
Zach,
If you wire brush it real good, it's gonna look great. Then you just apply some tough clear on it, such as POR-15, and it should last many years. No, I didn't do it--I wire brushed mine, and then shot it w/ Eastwood's Detail Gray, to match the rear end and the half shafts.
-Pedro
If you wire brush it real good, it's gonna look great. Then you just apply some tough clear on it, such as POR-15, and it should last many years. No, I didn't do it--I wire brushed mine, and then shot it w/ Eastwood's Detail Gray, to match the rear end and the half shafts.
-Pedro
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Re: Help!! Cant get driveshaft out (Pedro'74)
Well... a 5 minute job guys... hit it with pb blaster, grab a breaker bar, about a foot of extensions and a 7/16 inch socket... give the bolts a pop, spin em out, grab the brackets. Go to the front half pull the brackets, take an extension and a hammer, tap the holes where the bracket bolts up... it'll slide forward, spin the rear tire enough to get the tailshaft floater job to move enough for the front u joint to drop... slide it forwards and she's out...
Thanks a ton guys... armed for the next job :yesnod:
I'm pondering an aluminum driveshaft now... even though that one is real short... and light :jester
Thanks a ton guys... armed for the next job :yesnod:
I'm pondering an aluminum driveshaft now... even though that one is real short... and light :jester
