bill Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 I am in the process of sending my beloved Blackie 87 505T to the boneyard. My $200 investment 9 years ago has been a champ! I got the engine out last night. Now I want to recover the BA1O transmission. I was working late and I hit a snag of sorts. How does one disconnect that inner driveshaft? I know it has splines, and I can't seem to grasp how I would go about disconnecting it. I have to take another look, but does anyone have any pointers? Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethx Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 i assume you've seen the manual? i haven't done this, and my car doesn't have abs (like yours). but it looks like you've got to disconnect the driveshaft from the transmission & drop the free end low enough to clear the rear suspension arm so that you can pull the driveshaft out: "On vehicles fitted with ABS, the presence of the toothed rotor does not allow removal of the drive shaft from inside the suspension arm." other than that, i got nothin'. i'm sure more experienced heads can weigh in on this. andré Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bean Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Hi Bill, You just need to slide the tranny forward on a floor jack or something to gain some space. Leave the torque tube bolted to the diff, and just the shaft will stay attached. Once you can get some channel locks onto the shaft you should be able to grasp the shaft and pivot the channel locks against the diff to lever the shaft off the splines. There's nothing but friction holding them on. Not sure if you're saving the diff and rear axles, but if you prefer you can drop the diff as well and access the shaft from that and and pull it off the transmission output from the diff end. Rabin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethx Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 okay, i see the source of my confusion -- it's terminology. the manual is referring to them as "propellor shaft" and drive shaft," but you guys are referring to them as the "drive shaft" and the "rear axle," respectively. hopefully someone else (besides me) has learned from this, so my jumping in like an ass has not been in vain. so, the propellor/drive shaft is not actually bolted to anything anywhere, it's just held in by splines at either end and supported by the tube bearing in the middle? andré Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bean Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 so, the propellor/drive shaft is not actually bolted to anything anywhere, it's just held in by splines at either end and supported by the tube bearing in the middle? andré Exactly... Slip fits at both ends. Rabin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 It was easier than I thought it would be. A piece of cake. I took one of those inexpensive rubber strap wrenches (mine was 25 cents at a garage sale) to hold the inner shaft while I jiggled from above. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethx Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 thanks for that last post, bill...not only was it informative, but kudos to you for following up... andré Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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