driveshaft R&R- '93 100 (C4) FWD A/T

[Brian O'Neill]

--- William Magliocco <magliocc at rocketmail.com> wrote:
> As noted in the subject, yours truly has to remove,
> repair and replace driveshafts on a 1993 C4 100 with
> FWD and a/t.
> 
> I have done this work many times on a 1986 $$ 5kT,
> and
> note a few differences whilst prowling the Bentleys:
> 
> 1)  1993 manual does not mention the need to "pop"
> the
> ball joint from the strut assembly (using 5' iron
> pipe) to gain adequate clearance for removal.  Have
> done this many times on the $$.
> 
> To the BTDT in the gallery-do you need to "pop" the
> strut off the ball joint in the '93?

yes you do.

> 2)  When removing the outer CV from the hub, the '86
> has the 34 MM nut, and one uses the iron pipe to get
> adequate torque (a/k/a oomph) to get said nut off
> CV.
> 
> '93 has m16 bolt instead...same rules apply?

same thing, maybe more ooph, or get an air compressor
and inpact gun, males life easyier.

> 3)  Once shaft is out of car, on the '86 $$ the
> outer
> shaft is a royal PITA to remove, especially due to
> "hidden" circlip that one tries to pull open as one
> is
> _simultaneously_ trying to hammer off the joint off
> the   shaft.
> 
> '93 C4 photos in Bentley show the use of a very long
> M16 driven into outer CV to drive it off shaft.  No
> circlip tool is used (as far as I can tell).
> 
> Not wanting to buy seldom used and very expensive
> tool
> that gets sproadic use, could I just find a very
> long
> M16 bolt that would do the same thing?

you've already found a bolt, the one your gonna take
out, since you will not be going through the hub and
bearing, the bolt is plenty long enough for that. 

> your comments and input are welcome.
> 
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