axle stuck to transmission

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

Often the stub of a bolt will come out easily once the head is gone, and
those ones shouldn't be torqued in that hard if done properly. As for the
ball joint, maybe it's a 16V thing, I don't recall having done it on any of
the 8Vs I've been involved with, but on "her", well, she always has
"special needs". Prima donnas, these 16Vs. You still fighting yours Chris?
That's just painful.
Cathy

On 7:10 pm 07/01/07 "Chris Bennett" <scirocco16vr32@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I feel your pain.  Just cut the head off that stripped axle bolt and
> I am stuck in the same spot.  Wouldn't you know it though as soon as
> the head came off the rest of the bolt came out by hand.  GRRRR.  The
> Bentley manual says to "loosen the clamping bolt which holds the
> control arm ball joint to the wheel bearing housing, and remove ball
> joint from the housing."
>
> Is this not right?  Is it not prefered?  I don't remember doing this
> before for some reason.
>
> Chris
>
>
> On 7/1/07, Koabi Brooks <koabi.brooks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >  I am eager to tear apart my transmission but I have to get the
> >  damn thing out first.  The passenger side axle isnt coming off the
> >  100mm flange.  I decided to disconnect the ball joint to give
> >  myself some more room to tug, but that is only resulting in the
> >  inner joint starting to separate.  This is
> >  my new axle too!
> >
> >  ideas?  I have one, but it involves an angle grinder >:|
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