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How hard is it to drop the shaft to make a GTR 33 run in RWD only?

Does anyone have a step by step?

Or pics etc?

How hard is it? Anything needed to do it?

Just looking at going to an event and it has a dyno, but only a rear wheel drive dyno...

Any help would be good thanks

Ps not sure if its the right section soz!

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it will take about 10 min max. You need 2x12mm spanners (preferably 1 of them a ring spanner as it might be tight). Also a 14mm socket or spanner to remove the clutch slave cylinder.

just jack the drivers side of the car up and unbolt the 2 14mm bolts holding the slave cylinder on, then let that hang out of the way and undo the 4 12mm nuts and bolts on the front diff end of the front shaft. Remove all 4 bolts and pull the shaft away from the front diff and the front flange will drop down and then pull the shaft towards the front of car and the gearbox end will slide out. The gearbox hole is sealed so dont bother worrying about fluid leaking out or anything. Then rebolt the clutch slave cylinder back on and away u go.

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Go buy a white and another colour paint pen and mark the edges of the shaft with the pens so you know the exact location when re-assembly is required.

I've seen the R32 boys pull a fuse and stop the 4WD that way, sorry dont know too much about the R33's.

On my 4WD laser I was told never to do this-disconnect the shafts- by plenty of people as it can really mess things up.

Have used the paint pens when removing just about everything from hoses, vacuum lines, doors, boots & tailshafts when replacing clutches and the like and its never failed there :(

unique1 Mentor

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and its just as easy to put back in???

Also i cant damage anything by doing this?

and no fluids at all will leak???

cheers mate

yes its as easy to put back in, no damage at all, no fluid will leak. I do this on my stagea (running gtr driveline) everytime i do dyno tuning and never caused an issue, i also drive around alot of the time with shaft removed and no problems.

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