AJ-RST1

iTrader: (2)

how do you remove the drive shafts off a s2? just undo them from the hub and give it a tug at the gearbox end?

phil_focus

don't pull on the shaft as you'll seperate the tripod joint.

only ever done drive shafts on my 2l focus but so dont know how similar it is to a s2 but my drivers side haft is held in the box bu the drive shaft bearing support so once thats off it slides out easy. my passenger sade shaft has a spring clip (cant remember exactly what its called) in a groove on the splines so requires some force to get it out. i had to stick a long flat screw driver through the box and whack it with a big hammer. on a s2 you have an lsd so there shoulnt be anthing in the diff that gests in the way either!!

and yes you have to take the shafts out the hubs first.

i hope some of this is helpfull to you.

ps. to get my passenger shaft back in i located the splines, compressed the shaft and then 'tapped' the end with a rubber mallet and then pushed it home till i felt and heard it click into place. then i put the drivers side shaft in.

1strst

not as complicated as above undo and pull the haynes says use a stout bar and belt it to lever it out. But on mine i just pulled like a bastard and out it camne with all the fluid

AJ-RST1

iTrader: (2)

so no spring clips at the gear box end then?

1strst

nope the tca holds it all in well mine didnt have any

AJ-RST1

iTrader: (2)

well if thats the case ill be ripping mine out this week as doing engine bay resto

phil_focus

thats what my haynes said but in the focus with an mtx75 box there is no room to get anything beefy enough in there to leaver it and i dont have a slide hammer going through the diff was piss easy for me.

oh yeah, drain the box oil first

1strst

+10000000000000 ON THAT I FORGOT TO THE JOY OF THE MISSUS

AJ-RST1

iTrader: (2)

thought rs turbo boxes didnt have oil drain plug?

1strst

i dont know i didnt look lol but to make it easier pull yhe drivers side out first. Other wise it all drains onto the gearbox cradle and drips in about 3 different places

cj_rst

lol, yep, been there, done that...

phil_focus

you certainly wont be popular with the missus if you get yourself covered in box oil, that stuff stinks!!

1strst

how do you know what she smells like

phil_focus

i'd be more woried as to why she smells like gear box oil than how the hell i know what she smells like

1strst

i am the organ grinder and she is the monkey............................. i wish

phil_focus

hahaha

mentalasanything

I popped a shaft out of my XR3i at the weekend to do the oil seal. What a pain in the arse! Usually you can pop the track rod end out, pop the bottom ball joint out and then the shaft will come out with a bit of persuasion from a crowbar between the shaft and the 'box. Mine wouldn't play ball and I ended up removing the gearbox cradle to get the correct angle to get a 1" chisel between them, then it popped out nice and easy with a little tap, damn thing!!

I didn't have any trouble with oil spilling out though..... There wasn't any left in there

Lee