Thanks for the replies guys. I understand what you are saying dojj if not changing the outer CV but the problem has always been unable to get the lower suspension arm (TCA???) ball joint to come out of the spindle carrier (after removing the torx bolt of course) It seems to be on a large inwards angle when hanging in the air so I am hoping that the suggestion by Blades rally team to jack the brake disk up a little will reduce the angle and allow it to come out. My actual problem at the moment is that after changing the complete front driveshafts (including inner and outer CV's) on both sides I am getting a very metallic knocking on startup. Although the fitted parts were supposed to be for a 4x4 saph cos I am a bit suspicious that the shafts are slightly too long and there is no "give" left against the spring in the inner CV (i.e bottomed out). My next thought was to put back the original shafts with the new CV's. I am assuming it is possible to remove the CV's from the shaft. I have seen that one of them just pulls off and am hoping the other is removed by taking out a circlip as mentioned by Dojj. Thanks again for any advise you can give. David