twice_nightly
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Having a nightmare with a '5 minute' job I thought I'd do over xmas. Replacing the donut on my 300tdi, having removed the rear prop and old donut it took me ages to get the knackered bush out of the end of the propshaft, anyway finally got the old bush out, put new one in, put new UJ on front of prop and happys days...or so I thought
Come to put the prop back on this morning and I can't get it to line up on the donut. At first I bolted the donut up to the diff and then realised I couldn't get the bolts in from the back which go onto the prop, so I loosened all the bolts and got the three bolts in that fasten onto the prop, problem is when you put one bolt through the other two don't line up? I've rotated the donut but each time the three bolts won't line up?
What am I doing wrong?
Come to put the prop back on this morning and I can't get it to line up on the donut. At first I bolted the donut up to the diff and then realised I couldn't get the bolts in from the back which go onto the prop, so I loosened all the bolts and got the three bolts in that fasten onto the prop, problem is when you put one bolt through the other two don't line up? I've rotated the donut but each time the three bolts won't line up?
What am I doing wrong?
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