Contents: Removal ↳ Installation ↳
Cardan shaft and drive axles
1 – shaft assembly, 2 – elastic joint, 3 – intermediate bearing, 4 – drive axle shafts, 5 – equilateral three-arm joint, 6 – safety boots, 7 – wheel hub nut
Front propeller shaft joint
A – cars with 1.3 dm³ engine,
B – cars with 1.6 and 2.0 dm³ engines
Removal
1. Place the vehicle over the inspection channel or on a lift.
2. Mark the relative positions of the cross-shaped joint and the flange of the main gear pinion and disconnect the propeller shaft from the rear axle. Unscrew the intermediate bearing housing, marking the position of the gaskets between the bearing housing and the car body (these markings will be useful when installing the propeller shaft and its intermediate bearing).
3. Disconnect the propeller shaft from the gearbox, taking care not to damage the sealing ring at the rear of the housing. After removing the shaft, the hole in the rear of the gearbox housing should be plugged with a plug or the front end of the faulty propeller shaft to prevent oil from leaking out of the gearbox.
Installation
1. Remove the plug from the hole in the rear part of the gearbox housing. Check the installation of the sealing ring of the rear part of the gearbox housing and insert the front end of the cardan shaft into it, paying attention not to damage the edges of the sealing ring.
2. Install the intermediate bearing of the cardan shaft, placing the appropriate gaskets under it in accordance with the markings applied during disassembly (without tightening the mounting bolts).
3. Connect the cardan shaft to the flange of the main gear drive pinion in accordance with the previously applied relative position markings. Install new gaskets to prevent the bolts from unscrewing.
4. Rotate the cardan shaft to install the intermediate bearing and tighten the mounting bolts to the appropriate torque.
5. Check and, if necessary, top up the amount of oil in the gearbox.