97 camry driveshaft

Hi everyone,

I'm in the middle of replacing the driveshafts on my 97 camry (4 cyl). The
left (driver side) was removed relatively easily but I'm having huge
problems with the right side. I removed the bearing lock bolt and the snap
ring from the bearing support but I can hardly get it to move. The Haynes
manual shows it coming off by hand...I imagine the hand in the picture must
give a wicked handshake!!

Has anyone ever run into a problem like this. I'm wondering if the bearing
may be seized into the support...I've sprayed lots of penetrating oil, but
still no results!!

I had be happy to hear any suggestions...searched through the old news
groups but couldn't find anything helpful.

Thanks in advance.

Randy

"yotaman" <randyvp@REMOVErocketmail.com> wrote in message
news:d0t7sl0qnt@enews1.newsguy.com...[color=blue]
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm in the middle of replacing the driveshafts on my 97 camry (4 cyl).
> The left (driver side) was removed relatively easily but I'm having huge
> problems with the right side. I removed the bearing lock bolt and the
> snap ring from the bearing support but I can hardly get it to move. The
> Haynes manual shows it coming off by hand...I imagine the hand in the
> picture must give a wicked handshake!!
>
> Has anyone ever run into a problem like this. I'm wondering if the
> bearing may be seized into the support...I've sprayed lots of penetrating
> oil, but still no results!!
>
> I had be happy to hear any suggestions...searched through the old news
> groups but couldn't find anything helpful.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Randy[/color]
Try applying some ATF where the axle meets the differential, also you
mentioned removing a snap ring from the bearing support but check for a snap
ring at the diff.
Good luck!
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Ray O
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