CV Joint Bolts are locked, Engine drop - CV Joints problem Options

[Daiberl]

Hello,

wanted to drop my engine but 3 bolts for the CV Joints are locked, I didn't get them out (car was parked for 20 years). Any tips/ideas for dropping the engine with CV Joints, would it help if I drop the engine a few inches and then try it agian with more space under the car?

- Juergen

[Katmanken]

Don't cut the heads off or you will have a really big problem removing the CV's and axle. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

With the VW and 914 rear drive products, the axles and CV's are designed to pull down after the bolts are removed.

Cutting the heads off the bolts will leave the shank of the bolts in the holes and prevent the CV's and axles from moving down....

Then you get the fun job of unscrewing the the shanks of the cut off bolts from the bores in the CV's, and with the heads cut off, you have nothing to grab........

[ArtechnikA]

Cutting the heads off the bolts will leave the shank of the bolts in the holes and prevent the CV's and axles from moving down....

It's a good thing someone pointed this out before the factory went and put PINS in those CV's ...

OK - I agree it'd be a b!tch to deal with if all the bolts were in, but with the trailing arms at full droop (especially with the upper or lower coilover mount disconnected) I bet you'd have enough axial to get the CV off the flange if you had only one or two cut (or broken...) off.

Cutting the head off is definitely a last-resort approach, but I've gotta think it's manageable...