dropping only the front of the driveshaft?

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bbuckl
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Your car is a: 1979 Spider 2000
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dropping only the front of the driveshaft?

Postby bbuckl » Thu May 25, 2017 4:21 pm

Greetings,

I'm in the middle of repairing my shifter. I managed to get the handle back in and have replaced the spring and the cups. I am having a bear of a time trying to get the triangle cover back on in the limited space available, mainly due to my fat hands and short fingers. Can I remove the 3 bolts that attach the guibo to the driveshaft and just move it out of the way? The guibo is maybe a year old and has very few miles on it, so I don't want to replace it at this point.

Any suggestions?

Brian
79 Spider 2000

djape1977
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Re: dropping only the front of the driveshaft?

Postby djape1977 » Sat May 27, 2017 5:06 pm

can be done.
good luck putting it back on

bbuckl
Posts: 61
Joined: Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:20 pm
Your car is a: 1979 Spider 2000
Location: New Fairfield, CT

Re: dropping only the front of the driveshaft?

Postby bbuckl » Mon May 29, 2017 7:02 pm

All done! It was so much easier putting the cover plate back on the shifter after dropping the shaft!

I put a big hose clamp around the guibo to make sure it didn't expand. After that, easy peasey.

Now if only the control arms would come back in stock at AR...

B


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