I am preparing to remove the rear axle carrier with the diff, trailing arms and wheel hubs all together in one go. Looking underneath the car it seems that all parts have enough clearance to nicely slide off when supported under the diff with a hydraulic floor jack. I prepared a support plate for the jack to have a "table" to support the diff.
The possible challenge seems to be whether the main drive shaft needs to be removed first or will there be enough space to first lower down the rear axle carrier with the diff to come off the main front bushes before it can be pulled backwards. The drive shaft has a limited space to move downwards as the exhaust pipe (cat section) is below the shaft.
In other words, the whole rear axle thing needs first to be lowered + 10 cm to free it the main front bushes and only after that it can be pulled backwards and clear from the main driveshaft. The main driveshaft bolts seem to be integral with the driveshaft flange and cannot be removed.
A little difficult to explain but if someone has done this, the question is simply that do I need to remove the main driveshaft first or is it enough that I just "unplug" it from the diff end ?
br, Juha
The possible challenge seems to be whether the main drive shaft needs to be removed first or will there be enough space to first lower down the rear axle carrier with the diff to come off the main front bushes before it can be pulled backwards. The drive shaft has a limited space to move downwards as the exhaust pipe (cat section) is below the shaft.
In other words, the whole rear axle thing needs first to be lowered + 10 cm to free it the main front bushes and only after that it can be pulled backwards and clear from the main driveshaft. The main driveshaft bolts seem to be integral with the driveshaft flange and cannot be removed.
A little difficult to explain but if someone has done this, the question is simply that do I need to remove the main driveshaft first or is it enough that I just "unplug" it from the diff end ?
br, Juha
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