Axle should unbolt from driveshaft.
Mike L.
60A,67E,59Bug
----- Original Message -----
From: James H. Nazarian, Ph.D. <microdoc@apk.net>
To: Craig D. Niederst <niederst@telerama.com>
Cc: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: January 23, 2001 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: What should I bring?
> Hacksaw?????
>
> You'll be there forever! Bring a set of oxy-axetelene torches
with cutting
> attachment and a fire extinguisher for big fires, plus (a bucket
of water and
> some old rags to extinguish small fires). If you don't know how
to use it, by
> the time you cut the car apart you will. Too bad no
electricity... if there is I
> recommend a Sawzall (reciprocating saw) and a few spare blades,
better yet, make
> that a bunch of spares. If the car is a rust bucket, I'm afraid
you'll need more
> help than PB Blaster. Some 10-15 years ago the Emerald Necklace
MG Register
> (Northern Ohio) held a tech session in my warehouse on
Halloween. One of the
> projects was stripping a Midget. People brought every imaginable
tool to
> dismantle that little guy. When it really came down to the wire,
and upon the
> 4th call to get home for dinner, it was the cutting torch that
got the job done.
> I still have photos of that gathering.
>
> Jim
>
> "Craig D. Niederst" wrote:
>
> > I will be stripping some parts off a '68 MGB destined for the
crusher this
> > week. My last minute e-mail and offer of $50 saved the car and
had it set
> > aside for my picking. It has a good aluminum bonnet, boot lid,
bumpers,
> > tranny, rear axle with splines and wires, front hubs with
splines and wires,
> > roll bar, doors and other smaller useful items. I am intending
on pulling
> > all of the above parts, but since the car is in a remote
location, I have to
> > do this with all hand tools. Most of the items will be simple,
but the
> > tranny and rear axle maybe troublesome. I am bringing a jack
and jackstands
> > just in case, but was wondering if there is a good way to
remove these
> > items? Are removing the U-joints something that can be done
easily, in the
> > field? I have dropped the rear axle on my '71 before in the
garage, but
> > never disconnected it from the driveshaft. The engine is out
of the car, but
> > the tranny is still in place. I assume that the mounts here
just unbolt?
> > Besides for the standard sockets and other hand tools,
anything else I will
> > need to pull these items? TIA.
> >
> > Craig
> > '71 B
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