fitting passenger drive shaft mk2 vtr

[Dobba-VtR]

how hard is it to do this?
cheers

[ashleyoneill]

Easy.

1) Jack up car
2) Wheel off
3) Undo brake caliper slider pins and remove and support the caliper on something
4) Take off driveshaft securing nut after unstaking it
5) Take off track rod end by undoing the nut and removing it from the hole.
6) Take off top drop link nut
7) Take off wishbone ball joint pinch bolt
8) Seperate ball joint from pinch joint
9) Pull suspension strut towards you to remove the shaft
10) Withdraw shaft from gearbox
11) Replace the shaft and do the reverse to re-fit.

There is a guide and pictures lying around somewhere if you have a search!

[Dobba-VtR]

Easy.

1) Jack up car
2) Wheel off
3) Undo brake caliper slider pins and remove and support the caliper on something
4) Take off driveshaft securing nut after unstaking it
5) Take off track rod end by undoing the nut and removing it from the hole.
6) Take off top drop link nut
7) Take off wishbone ball joint pinch bolt
8) Seperate ball joint from pinch joint
9) Pull suspension strut towards you to remove the shaft
10) Withdraw shaft from gearbox
11) Replace the shaft and do the reverse to re-fit.

There is a guide and pictures lying around somewhere if you have a search!


thanks a lot mate did have a search cpuldnt find nothing what about gear box seals and oil splitting and coming out what the danger of this and how would i stop it?

[ashleyoneill]

Drain the oil first. Sorry i assumed you would know to do this. I replace the seals on mine when i do it but you dont have to. If your just doing the passenger side you only need the one seal. I cant remember if the passenger side is small or large. Someone else will most likely be able to say if not i will check later.

[saxo_mike]

thanks a lot mate did have a search cpuldnt find nothing what about gear box seals and oil splitting and coming out what the danger of this and how would i stop it?


soon as you take out the shaft the oil will come pissing out , just have something under it to collect it and reuse it

:beat to it

[akuakabucy]

Nice and simple pass side as dont have the intermediate bearing like the drivers side. Hate that damn thing! Always dead fidly, haha

[maraalfa]

Simple if those droplink and lower balljoint bolts come apart ok!!! Just finished it today, was a pain in the arris the drop link....The driveshaft disintegrated last night just after buying a new one, good timing or what..

[Sparco_Tom]

You don't need to remove any of that. Simply wheel off undo driveshaft nut. Pop the balljoint out the bottom. Stick oil drainer under gearbox. Pull suspension strut out remove driveshaft from hub and gearbox