DRIVE SHAFT REMOVAL/REFIT

[Niall]

seriously though, the 306 hardly rusts...the ones that do rust on the front floor pan are from muppets jacking them up on the loops.

And bricks are serious no no.

I second the lower ball joint too...not many are bolted and the pinch bolt is simpler method.

What your saying i allready know it wasnt jacked up on the loop the jack was raised to it as getting under the car with just bricks holding it up i wouldnt lol there was about 30 bricks the jack and the wheel under the sill so if one goes i had pleanty of time to evacuate under...as for undoing the pinch bolt on the ball joint i have to disagree with that as you could possibly dammage the rubber surrounding it with possibly slipping with what ever your prying it off with the three bolts is a much safer and easyer way to go....

I still wouldn't have gone under, if the loop had gave way, the car may have smashed the bricks as it comes down with force. better off driving the car up set of ramps, slacking off what you needed to do, then drop the car off the ramps, then jack it and use an axle stand. i let the car down onto the axle stand and re jack the car up, so the jack is sharing the weight with the axle stand. so if either gives out, your safe.

Good idea and i do the same. You can never have too much safety but dont actually put any pressure on the car with the jack. Jack it up so its literally just touching the jacking point. Its much more likely that the jack will fail than the stand (and most jacks any of us can afford will creep over time) and if it did, the car may move when the jack gives way. Again chances of it falling off the stand providing you have decent stands is slim but still, not ideal! Ive had a car slip off a stand before (thankfully i wasnt under it) And that scared me enough to be over cautious!