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DRIVE SHAFT

M-20prose procedure

Removal Note

Tie-rod end

Tie-rod end

  1. 1
    Remove the tie-rod end nut.
    Removal Note illustration for the tie-rod end: the SST (49 T028 3A0) installed between the dust boot and tie-rod end to disconnect the tie-rod end from the knuckle.
  2. 2
    Disconnect the tie-rod end by using the SST.

Right drive shaft and axle

Right drive shaft and axle

  1. 1
    Remove the clinch bolt and nut.
  2. 2
    Pry down on the lower arm to disconnect the ball joint.
    Illustration of prying down on the lower arm with a pry bar to disconnect the lower ball joint, freeing the right drive shaft and axle.
  3. 3
    As shown in the figure, insert a pry bar between the drive shaft and the joint shaft and tap on the bar to uncouple them.
    Illustration of inserting a pry bar between the drive shaft and the joint shaft and tapping on the bar to uncouple them.

Joint shaft

Pull the joint shaft straight out.

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