re: Engine Pulling

[Dana Loomis <dloomis@domain.elided>]

Kevin Smith asked for help getting the engine out of a Spider: 

>1.  Can't get the inner tie rod end to let go.  
There is a better way.  Leave the tie rod alone and unbolt the idler
assembly from inside the right front fender.  With the the 3 bolts out, you
can push the tie rod down enough to clear the bell housing.

>2.  Can't get the guibo bolts out.  Manual said to remove the three bolts that
>held the tranny to the guibo, then slide the shaft back and out of the way.
>Yeah, right!  Got the three nuts off, however, I can't figure out how to get
>the bolts out of the front.  They are too long to come all the way out without
>hitting the tranny.  And the shaft didn't just slide back.

You only need to remove three of the 6 bolts through the giubo to separate
the transmission from the driveshaft.  It's usually easiest to leave the
giubo on the yoke, so it comes out with the transmission, and pull the
other three bolts that fasten the giubo to the driveshaft.  If you have to
remove the bolts that go in from the front, rotate the driveshaft to get
the necessary clearance; only one position provides enough clearance.    As
for sliding the driveshaft back, it really should be possible to have a few
inches by pushing the two halves of the splined center joint together.  

Good luck,
Dana Loomis  
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