Guest storm280z Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 ive been trying to remove my drive shaft bolts for like 3 days. i think to bolt are almost shot. how do i removal the drivesahft from the tranny. i see no bolts or anything.if i disconnect the tranny from the motor an pull the tranny out will the driveshaft slide out of the tranny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTenneZ Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 If it's like the 240's it should be a slip yoke style at the transmission. If that is the case just undo the 4 bolts at the differential so that it can slide out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David K Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 There are 4 14 mm bolt/nut combos on the driveshaft/diff flange. You need 1 14mm wrench holding the nuts on the back, and 1 14mm wrench turned the bolt heads in the front. Then the driveshaft will slide out of the trans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kc6wfs Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 Also if you have a rear sway bar, it's easier to get to the bolts with it removed. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest storm280z Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 still can get the driveshaft off. is it possible to unbolt the tranny from the block, while the motor is still in the car. and then pull the motor out . then it will give me room to slide the tranny of the driveshaft. or is this harder than is sounds? has anyone done this be for?, if so is there any kind of problems or complacations that i should look out for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 That's possible, but a lot of work. Have you thought about removing the differential instead, pulling the driveshaft out of the tranny when doing this. Or are you removing the engine anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillZ260 Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 So you got the bolts off of the rear end Diff Yoke? If not you have to to get the rear of the drive shaft free. Once the 4 bolts are gone, lower the shaft down and you should be able to slide it out of the tranny. You don't want to drop the tranny w/out the motor, looooots of work and headache. Short of this you can get your sawzall out make two cuts into the driveshaft so that it is broken up into thirds. the front pc should slide right out! Not sure if you can reuse the shaft but it will be out. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David K Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 still can get the driveshaft off. is it possible to unbolt the tranny from the block, while the motor is still in the car. and then pull the motor out . then it will give me room to slide the tranny of the driveshaft. or is this harder than is sounds? has anyone done this be for?, if so is there any kind of problems or complacations that i should look out for. I dont get it. Now the main question is WHY doesnt it come out? Did you remove all bolt/nut combos on the rear of the driveshaft? Please provide more info on why it wont come out. Now if you removed the bolt/nut combos on the rear of the trans, then get a 2 pound hammer and tap the flange, it may be rusted on there. You cannot remove the trans with the engine still bolted up to motor mounts. The driveshaft will not slide back far enough to clear the input shaft of the engine. You need to figure out why your driveshaft is not coming out, plain and simple. Any other way is mechanic suicide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest storm280z Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 more info sorry if that was unclear. i am goin to take the motor out first. the tranny is goin to be disconnected from the motor but still in the car. then will i be able to slide the driveshaft out of the tranny. the drive shaft will not come out b/c i can get the bolts off from the rear end. hope that is a enough info for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo2001 Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 get some metric shorty wrenches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David K Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 more info sorry if that was unclear. i am goin to take the motor out first. the tranny is goin to be disconnected from the motor but still in the car. then will i be able to slide the driveshaft out of the tranny. the drive shaft will not come out b/c i can get the bolts off from the rear end. hope that is a enough info for you Its easy to twist those bolt/nuts. Like kc6wfs said, remove the sway bar. You are not far from pulling the driveshaft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest storm280z Posted December 18, 2003 Share Posted December 18, 2003 thank for all the info i pulled the motor tonight an driveshaft came out as well thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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