j30 driveshaft bolts!!!

[drftnassmofo]

okay..i got evrything disconnected except for the vlsd to driveshaft bolts and those somebeaches are stuck like crabs on carl from ATHF..any sugg., has anyone removed the vlsd before....need help asap!!!

[elwesso]

I used an impact wrench

Came right off.....

[drftnassmofo]

did you have to do a lil grindin to fit the socket in..cuz my sockets wont fit in and my open endeds just aint gettin the job done w/out room for a prybar or suttin.

[elwesso]

its a 17mm..... Fit right on...

If memory serves i may have used an 11/16 socket.....

[drftnassmofo]

teh?? theyre the bolts connecting the drive shaft to the vlsd..not the ones that mount the vlsd to the body...theyre 14 mm bolts n nuts...i think the ones that mounted the diff to the body were 17mm but i already got those off.sam

[elwesso]

Ahh, obviously theyredifferent from the Q.....

The Q were 17mm... But like I said, an impact wrench is the only way to go!

[Q451990]

I used a socket on the end of a pull bar, and a closed end wrench on the nut. With the transmission in N you can rotate the shaft so that the backer wrench will wedge against something, making sure that the bolt doesn't turn with the nut.

Good ATHF reference by the way...

Heath

[drftnassmofo]

thanx for all your guys helpsam