[TR] TR6 prop shaft removal

Tony Drews tony at tonydrews.com
Sat Apr 3 10:54:56 MST 2010


It should come out toward the rear of the car.  With diff flange 
unbolted and trans flange unbolted it shouldn't be to tough to snake 
toward the rear.  I don't recall if the trans flange is accessible 
from under the car, but it seems like it should be.  It's certainly 
more accessible with the trans cover removed, but actually removing 
the trans cover is a bit of a chore.

- Tony Drews

At 10:49 AM 4/3/2010, Mark Hooper wrote:
>I'm fairly convinced I have a bad U-joint in my TR6's driveline. It's
>aggravating that there is not an obviously bad u-joint visually, but I guess
>they aren't that clear until apart. It's gone from a rumble at highway until
>now almost unable to go faster than 5 mph without shrieking and rumble, so
>lucky just to get home. Since the rumbling and scraping noise is about 3-4
>times faster than wheel speed, I guess it is in the prop shaft rather than
>after the differential. Rear hubs and diff are all new inside and left right
>play on shafts seems about equal.
>
>It's been too long since I did this job. Does the prop shaft come out forward
>or back? i.e. I have the rear of the car on ramps and have removed my exhaust
>system, but it's still not 100% obvious which way it comes out.
>
>I'm thinking of undoing the output flanges on the diff first so that I can
>spin the diff and the prop shaft and avoid having to disassemble the interior
>to get at the top flange bolts.
>
>Am I missing some easier way to go about this?
>
>Mark
>1972 TR6
>
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