S14 diff swap/ Drive shaft bolts not coming off

[TrooyyS14]

The drive shaft bolts(4) Connected to the diff do not want to come off. I'm pretty strong. I've PB blasted them and still they wont budge. The drive shafft keeps moving and i feel like im going to strip the shit out of them.!I need help fast

[future]

Put the car in gear? Lol

[TrooyyS14]

It's in gear and ebrake is on.

[MtnGoat]

I had the same problem while dropping my diff a couple months ago. I put the wrench on the bolt and whacked it with a hammer. It was loose by the 2nd impact. Didnt even have it in gear or have the Ebrake up.

[jr_ss]

Use the box end of the wrench and tap it in the correct direction with a hammer. They'll break loose eventually.

-Edit-

Now that I think about it, you need to be using two 13mm wrenches if I'm not mistaken. The nut will not spin on the diff side because of the pinion flange. You need to be loosening the bolt on the driveshaft side of the flange.

[The Dude]

I eventually broke down and used an angle grinder/dremel.

[codyace]

If you have a small propane torch you can use that too to potentially help out. Try to heat the nut and it will help things expand. Put your 14mm wrench over the nut, and then use the two wrench trick. Should come right off.

2 wrench trick:
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/1/1237/901/3090450087_large.jpg

[TrooyyS14]

Yeah I got it yesterday. I used the two wrech. My main problem was I was alone and driveshaft kept spinning

[codyace]

Yeah I got it yesterday. I used the two wrech. My main problem was I was alone and driveshaft kept spinning


For someone reading this in the future upon searching, you can always take a long screw driver/bar/whatever and jam it through the U joints and let it 'jam' against the body to help remove them too. I always do that as I'm too lazy to get back out from under the car to release the e brake to spin the shaft over to get to the opposite bolts (same trick used when taking the CV axles out).

[ghoti]

For someone reading this in the future upon searching, you can always take a long screw driver/bar/whatever and jam it through the U joints and let it 'jam' against the body to help remove them too. I always do that as I'm too lazy to get back out from under the car to release the e brake to spin the shaft over to get to the opposite bolts (same trick used when taking the CV axles out).

I do that screw driver/bar trick in the junkyard also.
Except that I would put the screwdriver on the "vents" of the rotors (if they had any) and they would jam against the caliper.

[fliprayzin240sx]

I usually stick a pry bay between the U-joints if I'm too lazy to keep crawling under the car to pull/drop the Ebrake.

[Paint209]

yea, i swapped out my diff last week and managed to get 3 of the 4 bolts off using this>>>

http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/1/1237/901/3090450087_large.jpg

Then...
I eventually broke down and used an angle grinder/dremel.

lol. was using new bolts anyway and i cut it from the diff side so all was ok.

[s14sliding]

had the same problem today as im having same problem with tranny plug. these bolts are tough ill def have to try 2wrench trick for my drive shaft tomorrow. any advice for the tranny plug though? that thing wont budge