fiesta driveshafts

[Durham Fiesta]

how do you get them out of the box , i can't get mine out , could there be something i've forgot to loosen??

[escort21]

If the're like othe cars they should just lever out

[Durham Fiesta]

i can't get the bit that is pressed into the box out, the haynes says it should lever out. should it be in or out of gear??

[escort21]

Its a spline...may be a tightish fit...is there a ledge you can put a flat bladed screwdriver on each side and lever out?

[Fiesta Steve]

It makes no difference weather its in or out of gear.

 

There is a sprung clip that holds the shafts in, nothing else.

 

It sounds like you need a bigger lever

[hellblue]

They can be a pig to get out best done when its all still in the car,but if you use 2 big bars one either side they should come out the n/s one i have left in befor now as they dont like coming out

[Durham Fiesta]

i've got the short one out but the long one won't come out, it comes out so can see the splines but can't get it to come all the way out

[Fiesta Steve]

i've got the short one out but the long one won't come out, it comes out so can see the splines but can't get it to come all the way out

 

If you can see the splines it sounds like your nearly there, almost as if its being held in by the support bearing

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

elbow grease big leaver

[beedz]

in my first car it used to pop out on its own found a really handy plank of wood at the side of the road to lever it back in once - the plank was in the boot for months! funny sight in the middle of traffic in cardiff popping the bonnet and attacking the engine with a big plank of wood, then drving off

[Durham Fiesta]

i eventually got it out, the support bearing was a turd to get loose but one broken allen key and a bruised hand (off when eventually it did come loose ) the engine is out.