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blueraccoon



Member Since: 03 Oct 2021
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United Kingdom 2006 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Java Black
Front offside driveshaft removal

Apologies for another post on my quest to replace my offside driveshaft seal.

After a lot of wrestling under the car with various pry bars I finally managed to pop the offside driveshaft out tonight. Brilliant, I thought, I can now get the seal replaced and start putting it back together.

I was swiftly foiled when I tried to remove the driveshaft. Its obviously the longer of the two and, as pictured, there is not enough room to fully remove it as the rear half gets caught between the suspension strut, etc. Try as I might, I cannot find any guides anywhere as to what else I need to remove to be able to get the beast out.



Does anyone else know what I might need to take off so as to be able to extract it? I am thinking possibly the lower ball joint on the hub could be popped out and then the hub dropped lower or removed and this might allow it to come out a bit lower and clear the strut etc?

Thanks
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Devon Z



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England 2005 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Java Black

Don’t recall having this problem when I did mine, looking at your picture the drop link is still in place, checked the LR workshop manual and it says to remove it. Steve

2005 2.7 TDV6 HSE, ongoing project.
1998 Volvo V70 R auto FWD, mothballed future project.
1999 BMW Z3 (owned from new) garage queen.
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blueraccoon



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Brilliant - thanks very much - will give this a go.

Probably a stupid question but where can I get a copy of the workshop manual?
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Iomegas



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Hi this may help .

https://www.rangerovers.net/threads/2010-2...de.330662/
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blueraccoon



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Cheers - very useful. Will have a look at this.
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Iomegas



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Devon Z



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blueraccoon wrote:
Brilliant - thanks very much - will give this a go.

Probably a stupid question but where can I get a copy of the workshop manual?


I bought an online copy off eBay I’ll see if I can find a link. Steve

2005 2.7 TDV6 HSE, ongoing project.
1998 Volvo V70 R auto FWD, mothballed future project.
1999 BMW Z3 (owned from new) garage queen.
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Devon Z



Member Since: 22 Sep 2019
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Range-Rover-Spo...635-2958-0

Here you go, there’s a few on there this is disc or download. Steve

2005 2.7 TDV6 HSE, ongoing project.
1998 Volvo V70 R auto FWD, mothballed future project.
1999 BMW Z3 (owned from new) garage queen.
Post #619104 Fri Nov 12 2021 9:08am
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blueraccoon



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United Kingdom 2006 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Java Black

Thanks, Steve. Got it out now after removing the drop link! Cheers
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knwatkins



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I have a couple of copies of the workshop manual on my Google Drive. Here are some links...

L320 RRS Pre-Facelift

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MY2014 L405 RR Vogue SE 4.4 SDV8 in Corris Grey
MY2010 L320 RRS HSE 3.0 TDV6 in Stornoway Grey
Post #619136 Sat Nov 13 2021 9:51am
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