Nice! Working under the car only sucks when don't have a lift :(
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Nice! Working under the car only sucks when don't have a lift :(
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Flying high! Center support bearing (CSB) and guibo replacement project is under way. The plan also includes AT oil change when the exhaust is off. Bit more room to work with. Word on the street, getting old AT oil on the exhaust means mean stench for days. Will top it off after exhaust is back on and car is running.
Pretty happy this is a California car. No rust to corrosion to deal with.
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Front grill still not painted. :facepalm
Oh Dario is dissapointed.
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Originally Posted by Avetiso
Replaced the CSB/Guibo last night. This also involved new guibo bolt self-locking nuts (x6), new butyl tape, and a new intermediate ring. The centering sleeve looked very good so I didn't replace it. Lowering the exhaust on my own was especially entertaining. Took about 6 hours overall but I did take my time with it to make sure I can put it back together correctly.
Big thanks to LivesNearCostco for his excellent DYI.
Bit of a PIA without a lift but not too bad when you have all the right tools and just enough room under the car. My friend lent me his truck-grade 4-ton stands so I could almost break dance under there (NOT!).
What was surprising is that the rubber around the bearing wasn't broken up like I've seen in other people's reports. The the movement of the drive shaft was so limited that, at first, I thought of not replacing the CSB at all. But after taking a closer look, the rubber showed cracks in the flex areas. Moreover, the bearing had about a 0.5mm play in it, which probably contributed to the mild drive-train hum while driving on a highway.
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The bearing wouldn't come off by hand so I had to cut off the housing and pull it with jaw-pullers. It popped right off then.
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I pressed the new bearing on by hand about 1/4 of the way and then finished it by bolting down the front half of the shaft. Big note, make sure you have an 18mm ratcheting wrench for this. Must have!
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The rest was just paranoid reassembly to make sure everything goes back the way it was. Not sure if it was needed by I aligned transmission flanges with drive shaft's to match the original relationship. The bolts between transmission and drive shaft sides were same size/grade but different cap color. So I made sure they went back where they came from.
Gave the area a bit of cleaning and put the heat shields back on.
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Got my friend helping me to put the exhaust back on this evening and then will take it for a test drive. Fingers crossed, nothing will fall off or blow up. :scratchinghead
Glad you got it done. I like the Sharpie arrows!
Got the automatic transmission oil/filter/gasket changed last night with the ECS kid (Redline ATF). The sump looked normal for the mileage, no metal debris! The oil was definitely toast. Bit of a messy business but I'm glad it's done. Doing the rear diff this evening and on to the test drive. :D
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Originally Posted by derbo
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Rear differential fluid change is done, which concludes the drive-train maintenance schedule. Let's hope I won't need to go back under the car for at least 40k miles. This stuff is seriously no fun at all, especially in a cramped tiny garage space. But it sure feels good to be done. It's hauling winds and pissin' rain outside so going to keep her dry and test drive in the morning. Fingers crossed, nothing blows up. :fingerscrossed:roundel:cheers