driveshaft stuck

[ats101]

hello boys, gonna take my gear box off. done the draining etc. now im onto the removal of the driveshaft.

I have removed the bolt and nut which hold the whisbone drop joint. However, it wont come out, ive tried a hammer etc but it wont budge?

How shud i get round this?

Thanks.

[saxova]

on the drivers side, you have to undo the whole unit. Bitch to get to behind engine. Its a mahoosive shaft, with a big metal thing on it lol.

[ats101]

ok yeh it is the driverside shaft im removing.

Can some1 tell me how they would do it. Step my step please.

Thank you.

[raunchz]

There's an intermediate bearing.

Will either need to unde x2 11mm nuts that are on an L shaped bolt that holds the shaft in.

Or undo x3 16mm iirc nuts holding the whole driveshaft bearing carrier to the engine

[ats101]

ok thanks for that. So i dont quite get what i do on the hub side to remove the shaft.

So i said i cant get the ball joint to come apart, is it not suppose to come apart?

What exactly do i take apart then?

Thanks.

[raunchz]

Youll need to remove the balljoints from the strut to give you movement to pull the driveshaft outa the gearbox

[raunchz]

You don't take anything apart, you just slide the driveshaft out of the bearing carrier by undo'ing x2 11mm nuts.

Have a look at the car, it should be fairly obvious what you need to undo

[renagademaster4]

u undo the balljoing pinch bolt from the hub 16mm a think , use a lever to push downwards so the balljoint pin slides free of the hub , once thats free u can undo the 2 11mm bolts on the intermediate joint under the car holding the driveshaft in , next knock the driveshaft out of the hub on the disc side using a drift or 1/2" extension bar (asuming uve already undone the driveshaft nut) , bring the driveshaft up level and pull towards u while giving the driveshaft a little tap with a hammer , the intermedaite joint sumtimes gets sticky at teh bearing