Melvyn Best
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Hi my first post after lurking for a while. There is no circlip on your drive shaft it's held on by a long socket head screw through the cEnter of the driveshaft . Remove the 6 bolts securing the driveshaft joint to the drive flange ,ease the shaft to one side if it will go , if not remove the lower ball joint bolts for more room , can't remember if there is a support bearing . The drive flange has a fairly strong Spring between it and the diff but can be pushed back into the diff using a lever, you need a fairly long Allen socket to start the securing bolt 6mm I think . Might be worth removing the flange beforehand as its not unknown for the splines to be damaged and of course to replace the seal . Not sure of the torque setting ? but use a couple of the driveshaft bolts screwed into the flange to hold it while tightening.If the clip has come off the inner shaft is there a danger of it falling in to the box or is it easily retreavable?