Rear bearing housing removal (having problem CV's installed)
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 4:08 am
I have removed the rear bearing housing and shock tower from the left side of the car. Having problems with the right side.
I have removed the wheel hub, spring and outside wishbone bolts. I can't get the assembly to release from the bolts in the RD supplied CV's. The nuts are off and the brake rotor is free.
Do I have it right that the CV should just pull free of the outboard drive shaft with no sweat? The bolts in the CV that attach to the three spider arms on the outboard drive shaft and brake rotor are pretty long to get free of the whole assembly. With no Rotoflex to remove there is not a lot of play to shove the CV shaft inward in order to get everything out. Looking over the stock setup in the Parts Book, the CV setup is a bit different as the bolts are attached to the CV and are not removable. Thinking I may have to split the CV to get the bearing housing on the bench to see what is going on, but thought best to ask first.
The right side looks like it has spacers on the outboard drive shaft so that the inboard CV shaft lengths are equal, but otherwise the same as left side. I didn't seem to have a problem with the left side, but this right side is just not freeing up.
Any suggestions welcome. Was getting tired, so dropped the tools this evening before I wrecked something.
I have removed the wheel hub, spring and outside wishbone bolts. I can't get the assembly to release from the bolts in the RD supplied CV's. The nuts are off and the brake rotor is free.
Do I have it right that the CV should just pull free of the outboard drive shaft with no sweat? The bolts in the CV that attach to the three spider arms on the outboard drive shaft and brake rotor are pretty long to get free of the whole assembly. With no Rotoflex to remove there is not a lot of play to shove the CV shaft inward in order to get everything out. Looking over the stock setup in the Parts Book, the CV setup is a bit different as the bolts are attached to the CV and are not removable. Thinking I may have to split the CV to get the bearing housing on the bench to see what is going on, but thought best to ask first.
The right side looks like it has spacers on the outboard drive shaft so that the inboard CV shaft lengths are equal, but otherwise the same as left side. I didn't seem to have a problem with the left side, but this right side is just not freeing up.
Any suggestions welcome. Was getting tired, so dropped the tools this evening before I wrecked something.