Removing
1. We install the car on a viewing hole or overpass (see "Vehicle preparation for maintenance and repair"), we substitute wheel chocks under the wheel and move the gear lever to the neutral position.
2. Hang out the rear wheel.
3. With paint or a center punch, mark the position of the flange yoke of the cardan joint relative to the flange of the drive gear of the final drive.
4. Open end wrench by 13 mm unscrew the four self-locking nuts, keeping the driveshaft from turning with a large screwdriver or other suitable tool. In case of corrosion of the bolt threads, "soak" connection with penetrating lubricant and use a special open-end wrench by 13 mm with wide jaws from the valve clearance adjustment kit. If the bolts begin to turn, press their heads against the fork flange with a screwdriver.
5. We take out the bolts and disconnect the flanges, moving the driveline forward. If the flanges "stuck together" due to corrosion, it is possible to apply several blows with a hammer on the flange fork of the cardan shaft.
6. Suspend the rear propeller shaft, tying it to the hinge to the upper jet rods of the rear axle so that the shaft does not touch the parking brake cables.
7. With a slotted screwdriver, we unbend the four fixing antennae of the holder of the front driveshaft oil seal.
8. We shift the clip along the tip of the cardan shaft.
9. socket wrench by 13 mm with an extension, unscrew the two bolts securing the intermediate support to the cross member.
10. We remove the driveshaft from the splined connection with the flange of the elastic coupling and, having untied the driveline, remove it in the direction of the rear axle.
Installation
1. Having cleaned the splines of the flexible coupling flange and the cardan shaft, apply grease to them (Fiol-2U, SHRUS-4 or similar), after assembling the connection, we install the gland cage in place and bend its fixing antennae.
2. It is recommended to replace the self-locking nuts of the flange fork of the cardan joint to the flange of the shank of the final drive pinion with new ones.
3. We apply a thin layer of any grease to the contact surfaces of the flange connection to protect against corrosion.
4. We install the driveline in the reverse order, aligning the flanges according to the previously applied marks.