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T5.1 CV joint, Control arm bushes and some major grief
I've come to grief. 
Tried to do my control arm bushes. On the first side, one was OK but with the press I have I simply could not insert the other. Had it done by a local, helpful garage.
Went to reinstall the control arm (and new ball joint) but simply could NOT. Once the arm is in place I can not get it to slide over the shaft of the ball joint. If I installed the arm on the ball joint first, I could not get the bushes into their respective locations n the chassis. . . but there is WORSE was to come.
In my attempts to fit the arm, I suspect I may have pulled the drive shaft too far out of the transmission. The boot buckled but if I try to rotate the wheel, there are some very unfriendly noises from the transmission end. They SOUND like noises from my T3 when I was in need of CV joint replacement. (Domestic authorities have deemed this a job for someone else!)
Has anyone comments please about the transmission end of the shaft? The Haynes manual says there are two options. Mine is a 2011/2012 vehicle, LWB and auto.
My vehicle is now immobile and looks like a tow truck may be needed.
Any comments appreciated. (Commiserations too.)
(OH for the 30 years of the T3 where everything was possible and nothing was complicated - even after I put an EJ22 engine in it!)
Tried to do my control arm bushes. On the first side, one was OK but with the press I have I simply could not insert the other. Had it done by a local, helpful garage.
Went to reinstall the control arm (and new ball joint) but simply could NOT. Once the arm is in place I can not get it to slide over the shaft of the ball joint. If I installed the arm on the ball joint first, I could not get the bushes into their respective locations n the chassis. . . but there is WORSE was to come.
In my attempts to fit the arm, I suspect I may have pulled the drive shaft too far out of the transmission. The boot buckled but if I try to rotate the wheel, there are some very unfriendly noises from the transmission end. They SOUND like noises from my T3 when I was in need of CV joint replacement. (Domestic authorities have deemed this a job for someone else!)
Has anyone comments please about the transmission end of the shaft? The Haynes manual says there are two options. Mine is a 2011/2012 vehicle, LWB and auto.
My vehicle is now immobile and looks like a tow truck may be needed.
Any comments appreciated. (Commiserations too.)
(OH for the 30 years of the T3 where everything was possible and nothing was complicated - even after I put an EJ22 engine in it!)
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