FlaFFy_91
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Got a f20 on my redtop. Fitting the drivshafts and they didnt seat properly. Would stop by the time it got to here
So i tried hammering it in with still no luck. Want to take it out not and mesure the inner cv's to check if there deffinatly the right ones.
Wont come out now 
Basicly whats the easyest way to remove it? If not the easyest whats the best?
Concidering the fact the car is only on axle stands so not alot of room to get a deecent size pry bar underneath it
thanks guys
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Dan295
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are they definitely the right cv's? sounds lke youve got the wrong ones, i find the best way to get them out is to effectively bump it. push in gently and then pull out hard, sometimes give it a twist as well to remove it from the grip of the thread
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corsadonk
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It might be because the seal is damaged. Is the shaft in the C.V? All I can say is keep pulling on it, to get it out.
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lee mitchell
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you sure its not in as far as it goes. looks about right
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FlaFFy_91
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i thought it goes all the way in untill its flush or close enough to being flush
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corsadonk
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It should go in flush.
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Jed D
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use the force
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FlaFFy_91
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How safe it it for me to drive with the shafts as they are??
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Joe Edwards
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Mine were very very tight, pull pull pull have a brew and pull some more! They will come!
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FlaFFy_91
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ok so its most deffinatly the wrong cv's
basicly i removed the diff pan and saw that the inner cv's wer touching the inside of the diff
will these cv's be safe to run with them sticking out as much as the picture in the original post as they are in far enough obviously, i will be getting a f16 box soon so will be getting new shafts and cv's obv when i get the box
so will it be safe to run for a few months?
[Edited on 12-01-2012 by FlaFFy_91]
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Terry12
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I wouldn't drive with the shaft not properly seated.
First off it may not seal properly and chuck the transmission fluid out. I'm assuming the outer CV will sit out more than normal now, effecting you suspension geometry.
I once had to change an F20 on my old Astra as it locked in second. When refitting the shafts that I had removed one was doing the exact same as yours. It was bottoming out before seating properly.
I chucked a spare shaft on which did seat correctly. It was a strange one that I never got to the bottom of.
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