I can't seem to get the e-shaft out of the front housing for the life of me. I've tried to do it how the FSM says, by taking off the int. housing and then pulling it off; but I can't get the damn int. housing around it either. Is the shaft supposed to just slide out of the front housing? How about those 6x 12mm bolts holding on the bearing spacers? I removed them, but nothing new. Anyone have any tricks?

 

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is this motor siezed by a chance?

 

kinda confused if you have this engine apart... once you have rear plate, rear housing, and rotor out then you are to lift the eshaft up a bit and then rock the inter. housing up and over.... i'm sure that's what you are reading in the fsm but your info is kinda hazy

 

No, it was turning, then it decided to stop turning at a certain point.

 

That's the thing, I can't lift the e-shaft at all. It wont move in/out, nor round/round

 

is the engine apart!?

 

Obviously, how else would I expect to get it out

 

haha ok i jsut had to make sure you weren't another dumbass noob, well you need to lift the eshaft and the inter. plate up at same time, then rock it. it really shouldn't be that hard

 

No, let me tell you... this is definately a bitch. At first I could turn the shaft about 40deg. rotating. Then I tried to torque it further and possibly break it loose and that's where it stayed. Now I can somewhat get an angle at the int. housing, but it just won't come over the shaft without the shaft moving (out, not rotating). Say this was a new motor, shouldn't I be able to simply pull the e-shaft out providing that the int. housing was removed? Even if I do get the int. housing removed, I really don't think the shaft is going to come out. What to do?