Drive shaft removal

[FlymoFraser]

I am in the process of removing the diff and have got the brake caliper off and the four retaining bolt off and to quote Miles' site I need to " simply withdraw the driveshaft through the dedion ear" only it won't "simply" withdraw.

 

Is there a knack? reluctant to hit it with a hammer, does the driveshaft have to be horizontal? (at the moment the suspension is unloaded)?

 

 

 

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[Englishmaninwales]

neil

doesn't need to be horizontal and if everything is undone (have you undone the bearing carrier?) it will simply pull out of the diff and withdraw the DS through the de dion ear. Give me a ring (07774634924)if you can't do it

 

malcolm

 

Edited by - Englishmaninwales on 3 Jan 2009 09:19:23

[Irrelevant]

They can be a bit sticky sometimes . . . Give it a tap with a rubber mallet or stick a big screwdriver in as a lever and tap that.

[F355GTS]

Neil, are you trying to pull the shaft through the dedion ear? It could be that you have the later type drive shafts but earlier ears, they don't fit through! If the problem still persists undo the remaining two bolts holding the ear to the Dedion tube and take the whole lot off

 

Mark

[FlymoFraser]

Thanks for the advice everyone.

 

Was starting to think it was just frozen on given the weather 😬

 

Combination of one of the hub bolts was threaded on the aluminium plate behind the ear because the hole drilled through it originally was slightly too small, in addition drive shaft seemed reluctant to go through the ear so I removed that as well but that was quite simple.

 

Cheers

Neil