how do i take off the rb20det's dive shaft from the transmission

[240skyx]

for some reason when i bought the engine it came with the part of the old drive shaft attach to my transmission and i do not see how i can pool it out, i thought that it just slid out but it feels like their is something grabbing it but when i put it in neutral it spins freely can someone tell me what did i miss i tried looking for the answer every where thank you.

[l0nestar]

Normally it should just slide right out... is the drive-shaft already un-bolted from the differential?

[themadscientist]

gear oil is creating a seal and you are fighting a vacuum when you pull on it like when you get your shoe stuck in the mud. Yank on that mutha****er!

[DJButton]

^^ What he said.

[Darius]

I had to wiggle mine side to side in all directions to get it to keep budging out. The splines sometimes get a little crusty and make it hard to pull the driveshaft out.

[240skyx]

thanks guys i really appreciate the help i kinda thought that was the problem but I've never worked with this engines before and did not want to brake something i will give that a shot today thank you again every body

[Carl H]

shout nasty things at it while doing so, sometimes helps.

[240skyx]

so i have been trying to yank that thing out but it is not budging.

[benjamin725]

you might want to try and take out the fill plug to relieve the vaccum

[JPsNissans]

shout nasty things at it while doing so, sometimes helps.

This always seems to work for me.

[foulplay]

The shield is probably dinged to keep the yoke in so the oil don't leak out during delivery.

[foulplay]

Took a dremel and wacked it off even with the tail end of trans. Not exactly the best way but i have a j35 LSD rear end and my aluminum drive shaft rubbed on the shield. Yoke fits in trans about 1/2 inch further than standard rear end.

[240skyx]

thanks i finally got it off i did it like a week ago but forgot to tell you guys it was much easyer to do it with the engine out of the car.
Modified by 240skyx at 3:00 PM 7/2/2007