rsweeney 40 Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 gearbox now on but driveshaft must of slipped as shown in picture, how can i get this back in because there isnt enough play with the lower ball joint on the wishbone removed Link to post Share on other sites
Dave_ciw 507 Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Remove the 3 13mm bolts on the bottom of the wishbone hub side and it will come off. They are just under the ball joint, Link to post Share on other sites
cabrioman 6 Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 may need to raise the engine as that the driver side as there is not enough room to get the inner joint in between the engine and subframe ..... Link to post Share on other sites
rsweeney 40 Posted February 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 ok thanks , on the off chance do you sell secondary water pumps for the vr ? Link to post Share on other sites
rsweeney 40 Posted February 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 may need to raise the engine as that the driver side as there is not enough room to get the inner joint in between the engine and subframe .....this is passenger side so do you mean that i still need to raise the engine ? Link to post Share on other sites
rsweeney 40 Posted February 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Remove the 3 13mm bolts on the bottom of the wishbone hub side and it will come off. They are just under the ball joint' date='[/quote']this just removes the ball joint , it doesnt seem to help getting the driveshaft back up into position ? Link to post Share on other sites
gaz.veedub 0 Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 if it was me mate i would just remove the shaft from the hub side and start fresh,then fit the inner side first thats the hard end to fit but should be much easyer with the shaft removed,ive never had to lift the engines on mine but it will be snug.lol, then you should be fine getting the outter side in with the play from the ball joint removed and the flex in the cv. Link to post Share on other sites
rsweeney 40 Posted February 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 to remove the driveshaft dont i need a special socket ? then its just a case of disassembling the bearings etc ? what about removing the suspension? Link to post Share on other sites
Sikky 0 Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 just been thru this nutache myself, i unbolted the suspension and pulled it all out in one as my hubs were seized bigstyle, there was a bit of engine raisin involved with mine when fittin the gearbox bracket back in but the shaft went in with not too much bother, you do need spline sockets to undo/redo the bolts. As for the bearings they had me cursing the day away droppin all over the place with cv grease gettin everywhere! when you put these back in (if you have to cos you let them drop out like me) make sure the gaps the bearings sit in line up big to small not big to big n small to small like i first thought otherwise they will be tight and the joint wont pivot around at all. Christ im rambling sorry for those that already know this stuff Link to post Share on other sites
Vw_owner 1 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Remove the 3 13mm bolts on the bottom of the wishbone hub side and it will come off. They are just under the ball joint' date='[/quote']this just removes the ball joint , it doesnt seem to help getting the driveshaft back up into position ?dont know what mk3's are like but if its anything like a mk4 , ,with those three bolts removed you should be able to pull the wheel bearing/hub housing out away from the wishbone which will then give you enough room to connect the driveshaft back up to the gearbox,just give it a tugg to pull the ball joint out of the wishbone, Link to post Share on other sites
rsweeney 40 Posted April 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 cheers i sorted this out eventually just had to raise gearbox and pull the driveshaft around and in. really struggling to split the track rod end ball joint on drivers side - will buying a proper ball joint splitter really sort this ? Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 yep. Link to post Share on other sites
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