taking front drive-shafts out

[Kenneth]

If you do this, will the fluid come out of the transfer case?

Also, out of curiosity, does anyone know if having the front drive-shafts out will screw up anything?

[BraindG]

no, and no... :smug:

Was an easy enough operation for me..

[zedy1]

no
the car wont drive and oil should leak out of gearbox

[BraindG]

no oil came out of mine.. but then again, perhaps most of it already pissed out before hand :) - and yeah, mo's right.. with the shafts out you can't drive it very well :p

[Kenneth]

no oil came out of mine.. but then again, perhaps most of it already pissed out before hand :) - and yeah, mo's right.. with the shafts out you can't drive it very well :p

I percieve the voice of experiance /Hmmm

Thanks guys.

I got a rather interesting problem with the nearside front not running true, have to check if anything is bent :(
Mal crashed my car when I was in England... :bigcry:

[BraindG]

oh no!... hopefully its not to bad? - i wrote up a guide in the articles section on how to take it off, its really simple.. the only sod was getting it off the gearbox.. the springclips on the drive shaft were a pain..

[bradc]

It's not anything related to that mag wheel you crunched? I know I promised it to you, I'll put my EVO mags on eventually!

[Kenneth]

It's not anything related to that mag wheel you crunched? I know I promised it to you, I'll put my EVO mags on eventually!

Nah, this happened while I was away. its actually bent the car by the looks of things. The bonnet isn't sealing for on, and thats usually a good indication that something bent.
One of the offside front linkages has been bent (about 10mm) and some other stuff as well.

There is other damage, but I don't want to think about it that much just now :P