Originally Posted by Jeremy Gilbert
Careful with this; your axle nut is what holds your wheel bearings together. If you have your axles out of the hubs, even rolling the car in and out of the garage can cause the bearing to separate.


Ah right. Once tranny is out, I could replace the CV axle and just suspend the tranny end using coat hanger. Then again, maybe I should just hurry and get it fixed. tongue

Originally Posted by Jason Drew
I leave my axles right in the hub and unbolt the lower control arms, I find it much faster and easier than dealing with stupid ball joints. Plenty of room to get the axles out of the tranny in this manner. Hell the last time I had my motor out I didn't even take the wheels off.


This sounds easy. The lower ball joint nut came loose easy enough. The lower control arm one is being a b**ch.

Anxious to get in to see the clutch and flywheel.


98,6Bolt,3"EXH,LINKV3,780cc,SD,SCM61@26PSI, 340LPH,AFPR,TSBOV,REARWB,FMIC,2"RAD(20/80/WW)