Re: [DML] angle drive snapped (I think)

["Harold McElraft" <hmcelraft@xxxxxxx>]

If you get a new drive from Grady ask him to install a new nut for 
you - $25 I think. He puts a nice O-ring in between the drive and 
the nut to take up the slack and provide a seal. The new drive moves 
in the nut after it is tightened for easy greasing, etc. BTW, Bill 
R's idea ( I think it was Bill)of using a floor jack to loosen the 
nut worked. I still had to tap with a hammer to break loose. Be 
careful though - I could see someone busting a washer housing or 
messing up a fender brace.

Harold McElraft - 3354



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxx> wrote:
> Once you get the nut/angle drive off the car, you'll see that the 
> drive is held into the nut by a tiny snap ring deep inside the 
open 
> end of the nut. It is possible to dig it our and "save" the drive, 
> but now that drives are cheap(er) the thought is just to whack it 
> with a hammer and break it off. (I hear people cringing.) You do 
need 
> the nut, those are pretty hard 



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