it will only come out if it is bang on straight! so you need to have the suspension arm out of the way

;) and then we need to make sure one doesnt pop out again dont we james :lol: ;0 :P

I like the remove the bottom ball joint and tug the mofo out, there's more weight behind it that way ;)

take anti roll bars off (will need to to get engine out)

undo the CV from the hub end the 30mm castle nut

pull the shaft out of the hub so all the shaft is held in by is the gearbox end

hold the suspention leg out of the way

line the shaft up so its straight and then pull it and it should pop out.

if the inner cv is stuck in the box, good luck gettin it out, i have a box here from my conversion with a cv stuck in it, cannot get it out for shit, and the cv has broken up off the shaft.
so box is scrap

there is a circlip that i can see on the right hand one and i managed to seperate it but cant see one on the left hand shaft. it seems to be further into the gearbox

[Edited on 18-02-2005 by corsa_sri04]

theres a little sirclip aint there that keeps it in or am i thinking of wrong car?other wise you need to lever them out as they just pushin,i got away without takin anything else of on mine just loosened the turret 13mm's

started on the engine swap and got stuck with the shafts.

seperated the right hand one but cant get it out of gearbox and cant seperate the left hand one at all.

in the haynes it says u dont need to disconnect them from the hubs is this true?

also cant undo tie bar or anti roll bar is it still possible to manouver the engine and gearbox out?