After you've blocked the front wheels to keep it from rolling away, lift one
wheel and rotate as necessary!

Or take it out of gear and turn the drive flange, your choice.

On 1/13/07, Chris Renz <vanagon@frontleftspeakerposse.com> wrote:
>
> 81 ac vanagon, replacing one bad CV with a rebuilt drive axle with the two
> new CV's already installed.
>
> greased up the replacement CV's, went to install the axle on the van and
> after getting the outer bolts loosely attached - the outer ones won't line
> up to the holes on the trans.
>
> I had initially done the side connected to the trans first but couldnt get
> the outer ones to line up, so I pulled them all out and just did the outer
> ones first since they were harder to get at.
>
> how in the world do I get the bolts to line up with the holes on the trans
> if once the outer are connected they are slightly misaligned. not too far
> off, but too far to get more than one through and the rest dont line up.
>
> any suggestions are appreciatted, as the van sits out on ramps right now
> awaiting my input.
>
> thanks,
> chris
>

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Jake
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