| For the right side driveshaft, this was 
          an absolute nightmare from hell.  On both cars.   
          Neither Haynes nor RTA nor the factory manual offer advice on this 
          job.   The complication comes from the fact that the splined 
          end of the driveshaft must be PERFECTLY aligned with the hole 
          in the differential.  This is tough to do because the driveshaft 
          is heavy, and there's little room through the holes in the crossmember 
          to reach up and position it.  So, here are a few comments from my 
          experience in wrestling with the thing. | 
        
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          Item 8 on the below photo. I learned this lesson the hard way.   
          Once the driveshaft is in place, there is not enough room between the 
          Triax casing and the holes for the ear-bolts to get the bolts in 
          place.  So, guess what, the driveshaft has to come back out.  
          Realising this after you have spent two hours wrestling with the 
          driveshaft will completely spoil your day. 
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          | 2.  Disconnect the anti-roll bar 
          link.  You might not have disconnected it when you removed the 
          driveshafts.  having it out of the way will make setting the 
          driveshaft in place easier. There is not much clearance between the 
          vertical frame member and the link.  The shaft may have been easy 
          to remove if you did an episiotomy on the boot.  But with a new 
          boot and 
          Ligarex, there is not much room. | 
        
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          | 3. Support the upper control arm and the 
          driveshaft with ratcheting tie-down straps. 
   I like the ratcheting tie-downs better than bungee cords because 
          you can adjust the length of the strap exactly.   
 You want to set up the upper control arm first.  Try to get 
          the hole on the hub aligned with the mid-shaft bearing and the 
          differential.    You'll have to do it by eye; try to 
          get it close.  | 
        
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          | Put some grease on the splined end of the 
          driveshaft | 
        
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          | Run the end of the driveshaft through the 
          bearing race.  You may want to put some grease on the bearing 
          race as well. | 
        
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          | Wiggle the steering pivot and the outside 
          end of the driveshaft to get the end of the shaft through the hole in 
          the pivot. | 
        
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          | Don't forget to put on the big rubber 
          dust shield, the white plastic ring, and the o-ring at the end of the 
          driveshaft. You will have to run the driveshaft through the middle 
          bearing race first, then reach up through the holes in the frame to 
          put the rings in place. | 
        
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          | When the mid-shaft bearing is about 2-3 
          cm from the bearing race, thunk!  The driveshaft hits up against 
          the differential. | 
        
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          | This is when it is important to 
          support the driveshaft with the second ratcheting tie-down. | 
        
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          | You'll have to alternate from under the 
          car to next to the car to get things aligned properly.  The best 
          thing to watch is the mid-shaft bearing and the bearing race.  If 
          the bearing is correctly aligned to the bearing race, the end of the 
          driveshaft will be aligned to the hole in the differential.  This 
          is where the ratcheting tie-down is helpful, as it allows you too set 
          the loop exactly so that the driveshaft is supported at the exact 
          height. | 
        
          | Once the strap is supporting the 
          driveshaft, it's time to push it into the differential. I found the 
          best way to do this is to: 
            hold the driveshaft at the differential with my left hand.  
            SInce the weight of the driveshaft is supported by the tie-down 
            strap, I'm not supporting the whole weight of the driveshaft with 
            one hand. hold the brake disk with my right hand.  Remember, the 
            weight of the steering pivot is supported by the the tie-down strap.adjust the driveshaft up & down, side-to-side with my left handturn the driveshaft with using the brake disk - the splines on 
            the shaft have to align with the splines in the differentialtap the end of the driveshaft with the entire steering pivot 
            using the brake disk.  No need to use a lot of force.  If 
            the shaft is not aligned, it won't move.  You will tell by the 
            vibration in your right hand when you tap the steering pivot on the 
            outside end of the driveshaft.   If it is aligned, the 
            shaft will move into the hole.  The vibration in your right 
            hand will be different because some of your tapping is being 
            absorbed by the shaft's movement into the hole.   you can 
            also tell by watching the mid-shaft bearing move into the bearing 
            race.  Once the bearing is in the race, the race is now 
            supporting the shaft, in perfect alignment with the differential.  
            The shaft will slide in much more easily now.   You can tell when the shaft is in far enough by using the 
            dog-ear bolts.  The dog-ear end must be completely within the 
            slots in the bearing race.  If you run your finger along the 
            outer side of the race, you should only feel the slots for the 
            bolts, not the heads of the bolts.  | 
        
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