anyone with bentley or experience. how to remove center driveshaft from 01 quattro 1.8T?
 

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so my flex joint broke and i need to take my center driveshaft out for replacement. i took the 6 bolts that are right at the middle but still doesnt come out. does anyone know how to remove this from vehicle? thanks in advance
so here is the pic of the problem.
1st the 3 boltd that hold the driveshaft broke. the ones on the tranny side were fine.
second the broken piece that looks welded goes inside at the end of the driveshaft. what exactly is that piece? does that mean my axle needs replacement or is it just part of the flex joint?

RE: anyone with bentley or experience. how to remove center driveshaft from 01 quattro 1.8T?
 

I only removed the bolts at the rear to swap my diff, 3 bolts to attach to the flange for the Haldex, then slide it forward to get it off the flange. Id guess the front half is the same setup.

RE: anyone with bentley or experience. how to remove center driveshaft from 01 quattro 1.8T?
 

yea problaby. on the front part is also 3 bolts in which are broken so its basically off lol, then you have in the middle a couple with 6 bolts but still wont slide out. so i am guessing that maybe i need to keep going further back untill i can find the other 3 bolts to get it off you said by the haldex right?

RE: anyone with bentley or experience. how to remove center driveshaft from 01 quattro 1.8T?
 

yeah, 3 bolts. you think it was held on with duct tape or somethin? ; )

RE: anyone with bentley or experience. how to remove center driveshaft from 01 quattro 1.8T?
 

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RE: anyone with bentley or experience. how to remove center driveshaft from 01 quattro 1.8T?
 

wild pics.

Are you set now, or still fighting it?

RE: anyone with bentley or experience. how to remove center driveshaft from 01 quattro 1.8T?
 

still fighting. i guess what i am going to do is take the all the motor mounts off and raise the engine till the driveshaft clears forward.

RE: anyone with bentley or experience. how to remove center driveshaft from 01 quattro 1.8T?
 

That doesn't make much sense based off of what I had to do, and acomplished. All I unbolted was the flex disk from the flange on the Haldex LSC, and pulled the shaft forward. It dropped off.