Any idea how to remove Vitara osf driveshaft......

[Disco-Ron]

A mate needs to remove the front axle on his vitara..... got the nearside off, can't fugure out how to get the osf one off.....

all help appreciated....

cheers!!

[generation-x]

hi ron easist way is to drop the diff out

simon

[Disco-Ron]

He smashed the back out of the diff casing a few weeks ago, and sourced the axle unit on the bay..... CHEAP!!!  

He was gonna change just the diff, but then decided it looked easier to change the lot..... til he coldn't get the shaft out!

[generation-x]

ron is the half shaft still in the vitara?
simon

[Disco-Ron]

I believe so, i think he undid all the bolts he could see, the nearside just came off easliy, but he couldn't see how to remove the offside one.... mind you, he was under the vitara, in a dark bran, with fading light.....

[generation-x]

he will have to remove the whole front diff to get it out m8

if he has the money he cud get a ganvile conversion thus making the o/s halfshaft the same as the n/s one

simon

[Disco-Ron]

Thanks Simon.,..... he'll be able to view this thread anyway... so he should see what you've said..... where can this conversion be got... and roughly how much are we talking....???

[generation-x]

if he joins shropshire-suzuki and finds the vitara section there are a couple of guys making there own granvile conversions
otherwise its a calmini conversion not cheap and wud prob take yr to get here the way calmini are lateley

im assumming he has a big lift and aggressive tyres to blow his 3rd member?

simon

[Disco-Ron]

Not that biga tyres, no body lift 'yet'....... but has taller springs.... i didn't actually see him break it, but i dare say he wasn't being too silly with it......

very odd thing to happen!!

[wrecker]

sorry to but in on this,

you can change the shaft with out taking the hole diff out,i know you have to but for further refrence :lol:

undo steering rod,2 shock bolts at bottom,bottom nut on wish bone,

undo circlip,plus washer,then move the caliper,

know move the hole disc,plate forward,pop out shaft at disc end 1st,then pull the other end out from the diff,also if you jack that side higher you wont lose any oil,

then repet what putting it back together,

it can be done in 30 mins in a field,i had to do it last week :lol:  :lol:

like i said sorry for sticking nose in,hope this helps,

mark :D

[generation-x]

Not that biga tyres, no body lift 'yet'....... but has taller springs.... i didn't actually see him break it, but i dare say he wasn't being too silly with it......

very odd thing to happen!!

not really don i went throu 12 front diffs in 12 months and ive got m8s who have done about the same
one way to combat the problem is to fit a gv steel front axle with the 1.6 diff inners fitted  as it steel and not made of toffee he will find it hard to break it
but again there not cheap but when you compare it to replacing a diff every few months it can work out cheaper in long run

just so happens i no to one for sale as well lol

simon

[Disco-Ron]

I'm sure he'll be able to do what he needs to... with the help given...

Thanks!!!

[generation-x]

not a prob mark i can whip a diff out in 15mins after 12 u tend to have a nack of doing it quickly

simon

[wrecker]

not a prob mark i can whip a diff out in 15mins after 12 u tend to have a nack of doing it quickly

simon

yep i can stand for that,ive done 4 so far :lol:  :lol:

[spoofer2888]

the way i do it is
undo the top bolts on the strut (3x 13mm i think)
take the clip off behind the freewheeling hub
pop the shaft out of the diff
take it all out and do it in reverse and job's done??

[marjan]

sorry to but in on this,

you can change the shaft with out taking the hole diff out,i know you have to but for further refrence :lol:

undo steering rod,2 shock bolts at bottom,bottom nut on wish bone,

undo circlip,plus washer,then move the caliper,

know move the hole disc,plate forward,pop out shaft at disc end 1st,then pull the other end out from the diff,also if you jack that side higher you wont lose any oil,

then repet what putting it back together,

it can be done in 30 mins in a field,i had to do it last week :lol:  :lol:

like i said sorry for sticking nose in,hope this helps,

mark :D

Yep that's exactly the way I do it, which left me puzzling why the diff would need to come out :?  :?

[generation-x]

sorry to but in on this,

you can change the shaft with out taking the hole diff out,i know you have to but for further refrence :lol:

undo steering rod,2 shock bolts at bottom,bottom nut on wish bone,

undo circlip,plus washer,then move the caliper,

know move the hole disc,plate forward,pop out shaft at disc end 1st,then pull the other end out from the diff,also if you jack that side higher you wont lose any oil,

then repet what putting it back together,


mark
its just my preffance to do it that way
thing you have to remember ive always run lifted and h/d springs and unless you have a coil compresser ur never get them back into place
my thinkin is 12 bolts to undo on the diff or bout 10 other way and try to compress the spring
just my opinion

im sure the guy will do as he feels all we can do is offer him different ways
of doing the same job
simon

it can be done in 30 mins in a field,i had to do it last week :lol:  :lol:

like i said sorry for sticking nose in,hope this helps,

mark :D

Yep that's exactly the way I do it, which left me puzzling why the diff would need to come out :?  :?