Removing drive shaft
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Doug, look at the FSM picture in this thread. The dust cover is what protects the splines from the elements. When I did my driveshaft PM, I posted a question about removing it, didn't get a response so I just left it there, squirted the brake cleaner up in there, then squirted in a bunch of WD to wash it out and called it good.
I'd like to be able to remove the dust cover to better clean out the splines though, but I wasn't about to just start pounding on the thing. So R2 is it just a press fit that holds it on? any chance you took a pic when it was off?
I'd like to be able to remove the dust cover to better clean out the splines though, but I wasn't about to just start pounding on the thing. So R2 is it just a press fit that holds it on? any chance you took a pic when it was off?
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Nakman:
Yes, it's just held on by a tight-ass fit around the driveshaft. No I didn't take any pictures unfortunately, but the cover is basically a thin piece of metal pipe that widens out a bit at the yoke end as you know. The driveshaft end of the cover is snuggly fitted around about a 1/2" long section of driveshaft that is of a slightly smaller diameter. Grease was packed into the driveshaft end of the dust cover. There's no where for it to go but out and around between the yoke the dust cover.
I don't know. In hindsight I probably should have left the dust cover on, cause it took a lot of banging to get it off, but I didn't feel like I was getting the grease out by just spraying brake cleaner up in there, and I didn't want to leave a mixture of brake cleaner and grease in there. Figured it'd be a cheap part from C-dan if I had to replace it.
Has anyone else taken these off before?
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Yes, it's just held on by a tight-ass fit around the driveshaft. No I didn't take any pictures unfortunately, but the cover is basically a thin piece of metal pipe that widens out a bit at the yoke end as you know. The driveshaft end of the cover is snuggly fitted around about a 1/2" long section of driveshaft that is of a slightly smaller diameter. Grease was packed into the driveshaft end of the dust cover. There's no where for it to go but out and around between the yoke the dust cover.
I don't know. In hindsight I probably should have left the dust cover on, cause it took a lot of banging to get it off, but I didn't feel like I was getting the grease out by just spraying brake cleaner up in there, and I didn't want to leave a mixture of brake cleaner and grease in there. Figured it'd be a cheap part from C-dan if I had to replace it.
Has anyone else taken these off before?
Rookie2
