Re: Engine Pulling

["Kevin Smith" <kevin.smith12@domain.elided>]

Thanks for your help Dana!
Good suggestion on the idler arm drop down.  Problem is I am also restoring
the entire front end including new tie rod ends inner and outer.  I guess I
should pony up for the correct puller then sell the thing. Richard Welty
already has dibs on the puller when I finish.
Regarding the guibo bolts, you are not the first to suggest that they should
be arranged with the transmission yolk bolts entering from the rear of the
car and the driveshaft yolk bolts entering from the front of the car.  This
is a really old car with several PO's and lord knows how many mechanics
involved.  All of these bolts entered from the front.
To the digesti, can someone with a low mileage car with unmolested guibo's
take a look.  It only makes since for the bolts to alternate direction.
Enquiring minds you know.
I did get the bolts off BTW, what a pain.

Thanks for youre help.

----- Original Message -----
From: Dana Loomis <dloomis@domain.elided>
To: <kevin.smith12@domain.elided>
Cc: <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 11:38 PM
Subject: re: Engine Pulling


> Kevin Smith asked for help getting the engine out of a Spider:
>
> >1.  Can't get the inner tie rod end to let go.
> There is a better way.  Leave the tie rod alone and unbolt the idler
> assembly from inside the right front fender.  With the the 3 bolts out,
you
> can push the tie rod down enough to clear the bell housing.
>
> >2.  Can't get the guibo bolts out.  Manual said to remove the three bolts
that
> >held the tranny to the guibo, then slide the shaft back and out of the
way.
> >Yeah, right!  Got the three nuts off, however, I can't figure out how to
get
> >the bolts out of the front.  They are too long to come all the way out
without
> >hitting the tranny.  And the shaft didn't just slide back.
>
> You only need to remove three of the 6 bolts through the giubo to separate
> the transmission from the driveshaft.  It's usually easiest to leave the
> giubo on the yoke, so it comes out with the transmission, and pull the
> other three bolts that fasten the giubo to the driveshaft.  If you have to
> remove the bolts that go in from the front, rotate the driveshaft to get
> the necessary clearance; only one position provides enough clearance.
As
> for sliding the driveshaft back, it really should be possible to have a
few
> inches by pushing the two halves of the splined center joint together.
>
> Good luck,
> Dana Loomis
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