Originally Posted by
closer9
Thanks. I hope you're right, I'm going to get two from rockauto...
Hopefully get the car up on a lift for the discs and trans oil not this weekend, but the next.
BTW, I'm not understanding the torque with car on the ground. This is an IRS. The driveshaft shouldn't know or care where the suspension is. Does it have something to do with not relying on the trans to hold the shaft while torqueing (however you spell that) the bolts (in which case it would seem having the parking brake applied would work), or am I really missing something here?
It has to do with dropping the diff and reinstalling the 3 bolts holding it. When I replaced the rear disc, I left the diff mounted. Instead, I used a prybar to push the drive shaft forward enough to clear the pilot shaft on the yoke. No need to apply the park brakes since you will have to hold the bolt and nut with 2 wrenches.