engine is on its way out today. whats the easiest way to remove drive shafts and diff?? i cant seem to pop the drive shafts. nothing is as easy as it was on my rs turbo's. help please

 

drop the engine box & front sub frame out as one unit also the stearing rack comes with it

 

Drivers shaft has a circlip on the end. Take bottom cover of front diff off to get to it.

Don't bother refitting - no need.

 

so will it be easier to drop it? rather than takingit out the top?

 

yes.



done it a while back on my first escort cosworth.

 

that looks easier then how im going about it
drive shafts are out. cant seem to get the diff out do i take off the bottom cover? sorry for all the stupid questions

 

lifting the cars the way ive allways done it on a sierra

 

which cover do you mean? and how does it come apart?

 

just un bolt the diff from the sump, no need to remove the driveshaft, but if u do unbolt the bottom cover on the diff (squareish plate) bout 10 bolts holding it on, then you'll see a circlip around the driveshaft, pop that off an remove shaft.

 

If the shafts are out then you don't need to take the cover off thebottom of the diff.

To get the diff out you'll need to take the shaft that goes through the sump out.

Also, there is fuck all clearance between the diff an the cross member, so it's a bit of a bitch to get out.

However, why did you want to separate the diff / engine?

 

basically mate im going stage 3 and my engine is having an overhaul the head is already having bits done to it. And i was told that i should take out the pistons to have the rings and bearings checked. so alot of people have told me to take the block out as its the easiest way to take the sump off to get to everything and easier to work on.

 

OK, so it might be better to take it all out of the car then separate it all.

 

why do you need to remove the intermidiate shaft from the sump?

the diff won't come out with the crossmember in the way
the engine won't come out with the diff in place
so much easier to let it ot the bottom in one big lump and remove it that way

the shafts will just pull out on both sides if yanked hard enough and the steering intermidiate shaft needs unbolting form the builkhead where it joins the column

other than that, brake lines and engine fuel and electrics are all you need to ditacth

 

im doing the engine bit by bit i dont seem to have enough time to crack on with it. everything is out the way except transfer box and diff i cant seem to budge that and the gear box which is being a bastard as all the bolts are done so fecking tight.

 

anymore help on how to detach the transfer box? thats all that causing me a problem

 

the diff will come out with the member in thats why you have to take the cross shaft out

 

read first post

& when youv messed on for ages drop the lot out in a couple of hours

why ask if your not going to listen

 

didn't know that

still easier to drop the whole lot i think