Re: Driveshaft removal

[Michael Williams <daserde@ucla.edu>]

Ken decided to speak these words:

>Does this apply to a 4k too?  I've tried to remove the driveshafts
>(front) on 
>my C-GT, and it seems I always have to undo the strut housing, because I
>can't 
>pull the driveshafts far enough inboard to get the splines to clear the
>hub.


I did this with Steve Buchholz in my 85 coupe, manual, and we were able 
to get the axles out without taking any of hte suspension apart.  If i 
remember correctly, we turned the wheels to full lock, disconnected the 
shaft at the tranny side and then hammered out the other side...it worked 
really well...

later

Michael Sheridan Williams

My new one: 1985 4000 S Quattro
175,000+ miles, and going like a new car
Well, went like a new car.....right into a guard rail :o(

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