6 replies to this topic

[mina08]

is it as simple as just pull them? i have released either side, steering and upper arms, engine is just sitting in the sub frame, should i lift the engine slightly and pull/push?

[nicklouse]

it depends,

 

drive shafts or drive shafts with fittings.

 

pot joints will need releasing from their C clips on the diff outputs. (drain the oil first)

 

X type just slide out of the yoke.

 

All in your Haynes manual.

[Northernpower]

If its the pot joint type the pot joint will need releasing from the diff housing. I use the proper tool, Minispares sell one. As Nick says, you need to drain the oil first, just bear in mind they don't always come out very easily.

[mina08]

thanks, i will see which type it is

[mina08]

It was simple in the end, prised them out a bit either side, lifted the engine slightly, and then pushed them out. 

[mina08]

my right side pot joint is really stiff, can hardly move it around, it must need replacing is it an easy job?

[tiger99]

Yes, not too difficult. Drain oil. Unbolt brake caliper and hang it up securely to avoid straining hose. Track rod end and top and bottom ball joints disconnected, pot pulled out of diff with tool 18G1240 or equivalent (readily available, but I just use a thick tyre lever pivoting against a 1/2" AF socket fitted to the bottom diff side cover bolt) as above, gaiter pulled back, knock inner of pot off shaft. As you are replacing the joint you need not be concerned about pulling the inner, complete with shaft, out of the pot to put the shaft in a vice if need be, and then extracting the pot outer from the diff. Just yank it out and take the hub and shaft to the bench if need be.

 

But much easier with the proper Rover tool 18G1243 which no-one seems to have, to pull the shaft out of the pot in the car. I intend to make one when I have a workshop again. In the Rover manual, and from memory, Haynes. I am thinking that the original tool was probably a right pain to use, and would benefit from some hydraulics instead of winding two bolts up together.

 

The link below shows 18G1243 in use, amongst many other things. The most recent Rover manual shows the entire shaft and hub, less brake calliper, being removed to the vice so a drift can be used to knock either the CV or Pot inners off the shaft, without 18G1243. I was not aware that the shaft would pass through the subframe without removing the Pot....

 

http://miniscene-unt...anual_92-96.pdf