Driveshaft removal???

[dsommer]

The new guy here. How do you go about removing the original drive shaft from the rear of the car? (I'm getting ready to pull the engine next week) No way a typical wrench can fit in that tight of a space or am I missing something? Also on my car there is a (Splash guard???) on the passenger rear (A arm? below the drive axle) but there is not one on the drivers side whats up with this? Any help would be greatly apperciated.

[MYRON]

If you look close at the bolts on the driveshaft you will see that the head of the

bolt has a flat side that will not let the bolt turn when you are loosening the nuts on the other side.

Myron

[dsommer]

Thanks,

I read this old post from Jeff Davis from IZCC and this is exactly how I did it no sweat.

 

 

...removing those four 12mm nuts from the rear drive shat is probably the

single most time consuming portion of a trany swap, it's really not that big

of a deal. This may not be the best way to do it, but I've found the

easiest way for me is to have the rear on stands with the wheels free to

spin and the trany in neutral. I usually have the front end up on ramps for

trany clearance when I'm doing this. Anyway , I stick the opposite end of

my cheap 12mm box wrench (the enclosed circle end) on the nut, then spin

the drive shaft with my hands to knock the nut loose as the wrench wacks

against the floor of the unibody. I tighten them the same way. BTW, I'm

talking a '77 280 here.

 

-jeff