removing driveshafts?

[big gra]

are they attached in the hubs or do they just "pop out"! im swapping engines today and dont know how to get them out?

[James P]

undo the crown bolt, (the bolt that goes on the end of the shafts) dissconect you suspension and bottom arm, then hold your drive shaft, push it in and then pull it out with abit of force! should come out of the engine. hope that made sence. it really aint hard. infact are you sure you should be doing an engine swap if you cant even get drive shafts out? hope it goes well tho.

[loggyboy]

It will require leverage to remove the inner cvs from the gearbox, and usually the passenger side one is harder to remove and will require some force to get it out. (best to get two lever bars/ large flat screwdrivers and try and lever evenly on each side of the cv.)

[Dar]

I just get the driveshaft free from the hub and then yank them out like James P says. Its the easiest way. You can also do it loggyboy's way but I only ever do that if there isn't a driveshaft attached to the inner CV.

[Adam]

I leave the driveshaft bolted loosely to the hub, undo the bottom ball joint.
And then use the hub as kind of a slide hammer, few pulls towards you and the shaft just pops out.
Never failed me.

As for the hub end, they just slide in and have a big 30mm nut to hold them. They "should" push straight out, but sometimes need a bit of hammer action to move them.

[Welsh Dan]

Make sure you've got a deep 30mm socket to get the nut off the ends of the shafts. I just undid the castle nut then the balljoint and turned the steering to full lock (turn to the right if you're doing the left shaft) and pulled the outer end from the hub, then popped the inner cv out of the box with a crowbar.

If you're going to be sticking with a smallblock gearbox though you'd get away with just pulling the inner CV's out.

[Ernie]

I leave the driveshaft bolted loosely to the hub, undo the bottom ball joint.
And then use the hub as kind of a slide hammer, few pulls towards you and the shaft just pops out.
Never failed me.

As for the hub end, they just slide in and have a big 30mm nut to hold them. They "should" push straight out, but sometimes need a bit of hammer action to move them.

Thats how i do them aswel so it aint just me using brute force and ignorance lol.

[greg1.4]

i do them just by taking the strut off, taking the 30mm nut off the end of the shaft and then putting the steering full lock and i can slide it out the hub end end then push the shaft in to the gearbox then pull it out. Easy.

[SRI crazy]

i ususally take the nut off a bit and spray wd40 or summit in round them and then giv them a tap with a hammer an the take the nut off and hit them out lol

[big gra]

thatnks guys, realy good advice there! will let you know how it goes on, ive swopped engines before but mainly landrovers so the gearbox usuallly stays in place!!

[Jon_nova1]

i just undo the suspension from the hub, push it as far as it goes then yank it lol

[Stanley]

i find sticking full lock on, starting car, selecting 1st or 2nd rev the tits off it then sidestep the clutch aids removing driveshafts hehe.

Nah go for LLTN's method and youre on a winner!:thumb:

[big gra]

got the engine out today, found the best way was to remove suspension strut bolts, undo the bottom arm and give a yank on the hub! got my engine to take out now and replace with the one i removed from the doner car!

[Ernie]

keep up the good work.