Pulled the front axles out.

[Chruby99]

wrong motor moutnt

I picked up OEM parts and the #s are right. But the passenger side mount has a stud on the top side that is not long enough. I can bold it up, but it is not long enough to re install the heat sheild

[Chruby99]

stoppers

real oem has them as top stopper and bottom stopper. it looks like it failed shoud it be replaced

[Chruby99]

Passenger side.

Looks like the pass side poped. It looks like there is a clam on lower to catch the upper mount in the event of failure. It looks like it poped past the clam catch. Anything to be aware on installing a replacement?

[nando]

that totally looks like it's leaning towards the drivers side, it should be approximately flat with the ground.

[Chruby99]

Intake manifold

Does the intake manifold look on the right angle
Or should it sit level.

[nando]

I'm thinking maybe the drivers side motor mount could be bad.

[Chruby99]

Yes photos show that clearance is tight

[nando]

yeah, could be motor mounts. but there's normally a straight path under the frame rails to the shaft.

[Chruby99]

So I will have to inspect the motor mounts mabee. I drove the car had it up to 90 no noticeable noises besides clicking half shafts. No evidence of a wreck

[nando]

I've pulled that shaft probably a dozzen times. You shouldn't need to remove it.

[Chruby99]

My pass side shaft catches the inner cv joint on the frame. I unbolted the nose piece/axle bearing carrier from the oil pan to get enough tilt to clear the cv on the frame. The length of axle remaining inside the oil pan makes it necessary to remove this piece to tilt enough to clear the frame. If not the pass half shaft pulls loose but does not have enough clearance to remove the shaft from the car. I assume that is why the carrier is bolted to the pan and not cast in.

[nando]

bentley doesn't describe anything about the ix anyway.

no, it's not normal. you may have been just doing it in a different way. you can pull the shaft straight out of the diff without it hitting anything.

[Chruby99]

Pass side axle

I had to remove the nose off the oil pan on the pass side to clear the frame when pulling the passenger side shaft. Is this not normal. I have not gotten my hand on a bentley yet

[nando]

On the drivers side of the front diff there is a ring with 6 bolts on the side. I pulled these bolts thinking this helped hold on the half shaft. Is there a gasket needed on this piece. also the piece on the passenger side of the oil pan I had to remove it to get the passenger half shaft past the frame. Does this piece need a gasket on it also

there are o-rings, but no gaskets.

you shouldn't have to remove any of that stuff, the shaft pulls straight out once you have the struts out of the way.

[Chruby99]

there back

Just got the axles back. @$320 for the rubuild and shipping on the pair w/ a lifetime warranty.

Just replaced installed a pellican timing/waterpump master kit.

Should have time to get it all back together this weekend.