Re: Removing angle drive spindle nut

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxx>]

You shouldn't need to loosen the spindle nut just to rotate the angle
drive. Notice the lubrication hole is upside down on our cars --
further evidence that this part was originally designed for right hand
drive, in which case the lubrication hole would be right side up! The
gear housing is NOT weathertight -- use a heavy weight lubricant. I
personally like Andrei Cular's idea of replacing the lubricant screw
with a grease zerk fitting.

To remove the angle drive altogether the big spindle nut indeed must
come off. I used a 1.25" wrench, which probably translated into 32mm
properly. To say mine put up resistantance is an understatement -- I
simply placed the other end of the wrench on my floor jack cradle and
used its hydraulics to easily break the nut free. 

Don't forget that big nut holds your spindle on -- don't try driving
the car without it (you can drive the car without the angle drive, but
not without the nut). The angle drive is held to the nut by a lock
ring on the inside.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> wrote:
>
> While you are at the angle
> drive loosen it so you can turn it over, remove the small screw on it
> and lubricate it. You loosen it with a BIG wrench. Sometimes they are
> VERY tight.
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757
>