Guibo replacement question

[adamud]

I am in the process of replacing the guibo (flex disk) this weekend and I have run into a problem. I have removed all 6 nuts with ease and the 3 hex head bolts. I cannot for the life of me remove the remaining 3 knurled bolts. They almost seem like they are pressed in and should not be removed.

So for anyone who has replaced this, Do the 3 knurled bolts (circle head bolts) come out?

and for extra info, I have dropped the shaft bearing just a couple feet behind the guibo, but that did not help at all

[cooljess76]

Hey Adam, I posted some pics of the Ti driveshaft in comparison to the M3 shaft in this thread:
http://www.318ti.org/forum/showpost....2&postcount=13

Judging by the pictures, the studs remain attached to the shaft. You may need to disconnect the shaft from the differential and remove both sections together.

[Xenocide]

Easiest to disconnect from differential, then drop center support bearing.

You can reassemble that way, OR I put the nuts on each one of those three studs that are pressed into the harmonic balancer and pounded the studs out with a sledge hammer. This way once i had everything lined up i could insert each one and they would press-fit themselves while i tightened the nuts on the other side of the guibo

[adamud]

Hey thanks guys. That was going to be my next move on disconnecting from the diff. Just wanted to check and see if those bolts would come out.

[Xenocide]

They will Just a PIA, need a big hammer.

[tsk]

I ended up cutting my guibo out to get the bolts out. Kinda a pain but was the only way it seemed.