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Today at Atelier Kaz - Private NSX Enthusiast, ex-Honda R&D engineer with F1, Indy/CART background

Eng Refresh + LMA, Health Check, etc 66

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Phew! That was a big challenge.

Finally, both drive shafts were off the car and in the process of being disassembled.

I'm not going to touch my camera while these broken down grease is on my hands so just the summary of removal process.






It's been a while since last time I had to apply so much pressure on the spline seized inside the hub.

I applied well over 10 tonnes (metric) at this right drive shaft.

I thought I was about to break even the heavy duty hub puller.



As it was already covered in Acetone/ATF mixture, not easy to see in this photo but basically, it was so rusty that the spindle was simply bonded to the hub.
















The trigger teeth should be shiny silver and not like this….

Hope I can clean them up.


















By the way, due to the lowered ride height, the camber adjusters were almost maxed out at both sides.





















The right drive shaft.

This is going to take extra time for the overhaul......

I can already feel some friction at the outer joint.....

The inner joint lost so much grease.....

In fact, someone actually tried stopping the seepage from there by using generic boot band but just not tight enough.....

Seized spline…..

Hope I can clean it as much as possible so that it won't happen again in the future.
















The back of the bearing.

Very rusty.

The w/speed sensor head looked to be scratched but still working fine.

Already oxidised and stuck/seized inside there so next time when it has to be replaced, that's going to be fun…..










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