ldeikis
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Title pretty much says it. 04 BEW manual. Several years ago I tried to remove the axle to clean and reboot the outer CV, and after removing the triple square bolts I found the inner end of the axle determinedly stuck to the trans. On other cars I've had them pop out of there by accident when the outboard end is loose for some reason, but this little guy was stuck. PB Blaster and a rubber mallet did nothing. At the time I worked around it by disassembling the outer CV on the car and doing the r&r in the wheel well, which was annoying and required an alignment b/c I had to disconnect the balljoint etc.
Fast forward to now, I have what I strongly suspect is either a failed pressure plate or DMF, which means the trans has to come out = axles have to come loose. Are there any tips out there for this? All I can find on the internet is destructive; my axles are good and I'd like to keep them that way. Car has a little over 300k and has lived in the northeast its entire life. It's pretty clean given that, but that is a big caveat.
Thanks for any guidance... I'm dreading having to squeeze this job into a weekend already knowing I have a SNAFU in store.
Luke
Fast forward to now, I have what I strongly suspect is either a failed pressure plate or DMF, which means the trans has to come out = axles have to come loose. Are there any tips out there for this? All I can find on the internet is destructive; my axles are good and I'd like to keep them that way. Car has a little over 300k and has lived in the northeast its entire life. It's pretty clean given that, but that is a big caveat.
Thanks for any guidance... I'm dreading having to squeeze this job into a weekend already knowing I have a SNAFU in store.
Luke