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Replacing VS driveshaft centre bearing.
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Nice searching skills, and digging skills.
In answer to your question, remove the whole tail shaft from the car first, it's a whole lot easier to do out of the car.
Undo the rear unijoint first, then undo the two bolts holding the centre bearing bracket to the car, then pull the tail shaft out of the transmission. Be sure to have a container under the rear of the transmission to catch the fluid that comes out. It won't be much though.
In answer to your question, remove the whole tail shaft from the car first, it's a whole lot easier to do out of the car.
Undo the rear unijoint first, then undo the two bolts holding the centre bearing bracket to the car, then pull the tail shaft out of the transmission. Be sure to have a container under the rear of the transmission to catch the fluid that comes out. It won't be much though.
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Should just slide out mate
Hi guys, I'm having a bit of trouble getting the actual bearing out everything else snap rings etc is out.
Anyway for those of you who don't know how to get to it, once you have removed the driveshaft there is about 6 hex bolts you remove. once those are out there is a "Cover" on each side of them that you have to tap out using hammer and flat head keep rotating and tapping it will take a while, you need to take the rearmost cover out and frontmost too I think. Once the rearmost cover is out clean the grease to see better, there is one snap ring to remove, once it's out.
You can tap the joint that is all greasy out, there is a section where you can tap it out from behind.
Then you have to remove another snap ring. Once that is out you have to remove a plate to get to the bearing, doesn't matter if you break this plate or bend it a new one comes with it.
I am stuck on getting the bearing out itself, has anybody removed it without a press? I tried holding the whole shaft upright and having a friend hold the rubber section of bearing while I smash into the top of the shaft so the shaft goes in and bearing comes out but the rubber part sort of acts like an absorber and absorbs all the force. Then tried going on bench and front behind it hitting the bearing with hammer and screwdriver, at the rear it separates but at the front it's not moved out at all.
Any ideas?
Anyway for those of you who don't know how to get to it, once you have removed the driveshaft there is about 6 hex bolts you remove. once those are out there is a "Cover" on each side of them that you have to tap out using hammer and flat head keep rotating and tapping it will take a while, you need to take the rearmost cover out and frontmost too I think. Once the rearmost cover is out clean the grease to see better, there is one snap ring to remove, once it's out.
You can tap the joint that is all greasy out, there is a section where you can tap it out from behind.
Then you have to remove another snap ring. Once that is out you have to remove a plate to get to the bearing, doesn't matter if you break this plate or bend it a new one comes with it.
I am stuck on getting the bearing out itself, has anybody removed it without a press? I tried holding the whole shaft upright and having a friend hold the rubber section of bearing while I smash into the top of the shaft so the shaft goes in and bearing comes out but the rubber part sort of acts like an absorber and absorbs all the force. Then tried going on bench and front behind it hitting the bearing with hammer and screwdriver, at the rear it separates but at the front it's not moved out at all.
Any ideas?
Jxfwsf
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use a hammer and drift/cold chisel... if that doesn't work use a bigger hammer
DO NOT HIT THE SHAFT/SPLINES this will burr the end and #### it, hit the inner part of the bearing only in the direction you want it to go, rotate it and hit in different places opposite each other aswell.... btw search not dig.
https://forums.justcommodores.com.au/threads/replacing-tailshaft-center-beaing.186136
DO NOT HIT THE SHAFT/SPLINES this will burr the end and #### it, hit the inner part of the bearing only in the direction you want it to go, rotate it and hit in different places opposite each other aswell.... btw search not dig.
https://forums.justcommodores.com.au/threads/replacing-tailshaft-center-beaing.186136