Sorry loatmead, when you say rear prop, are you referring to the full prop or just the latter part between bearing and rear diff.
I'm all ears if you can separate the UJ whilst under the vehicle
They are difficult enough when out on the bench.
and the ones on the mainland int?
Hi G13
I was curious when loatmead mentioned 'rear prop'
I think he meant the whole thing???
The reason I was interested was for handiness of carrying the prop around if I decided to go 4wd at the beach, green laning etc then fly down the motorway in 2wd on the way home.
The prop is easy enough to remove but I have to place the whole thing on the roof rack. It looks like a weapon of mass destruction when stationed on the roof, turns a few heads.
If a smaller part of the prop could be disconnected with ease then it would slot nicely into the glovebox.... well boot will do fine
Even better would be this mod to cure all problems.
having just come from under my FL i can confirm around 30 mins to remove the rear prop - vcu and front prop still in place
1 - jack up 1 side of car clearing both wheels from ground
2 - use axle stands - you don't wanna get squashed
3 - remove 4 bolts from rear flange at differential and allow prop to sit lower than the differential.
4 - support rear prop - do not let it fully drop or you will damage the UJ
5 - loosen bolt at front of prop where it bolts to the vcu and collect the U shaped spacer
6 - using a suitable drift ( a small chisel is ok) knock in between UJ and bolt head - when drift passes through remove and undo bolt a couple of turns, keep doing this until bolt can be removed - prop should now be able to be removed.
and thats it - its in the haynes manual too
