Hi, does anyone have experience of changing xantia o/s driveshafts? I have my xantia in bits at the moment but havnt managed to pull the driveshaft out as the intermediate bearing seems to be stuck in its housing. Has anyone had this problem before? ive tried hitting it on the msall flange just inbourd of the bearing but it doesnt want to know. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers, Maz
Xantia O/S driveshaft
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Naaahh ...fastandfurryous wrote:These bearings can corrode in solid. It often takes a lot of heavy blows to shift it, which can ruin the bearing.
In very serious cases the gearbox may have to be taken off so that you can hit the end of the driveshaft square on and get the bearing out.
Its not THAT bad f&f. Eventually the bearing will shift as the housing is alloy and thus quite soft.
But you WILL have to replace the bearing then as it will be ruined by the violent blowing and punching.
I've had a really bad try on my CX once - as I did not want to damage the bearing. Silly me A new bearing was only some £4 at the time.
These days on my BX'es I just give the bearing some really good blows with chisel and hammer until its out. Then replace it as a matter of course.
BTW : The bearing is industry type 6006. Get the best sealed type you can find around. The old locking collar can be reused.
Anders (DK) - '90 BX16Image
Not good. You can not remove the housing with axle & bearing left inside - as the axle can not angle out from the diff enough to allow clearing the locating pins in the housing. Dont ask me how I knowpugxpert wrote:if it does not come out hitting it,take the hole housing of from the back of the engine block and pop to your dealer and ask them to press it out for you
Anders (DK) - '90 BX16Image