Preparation
Jack up the front and place on ramps or stands. I chose ramps with wooden blocks placed under the runners at the inside of the jack points because of the slope of the drive. Make sure there is enough room to work under the engine and gearbox.
DRAIN THE GEARBOX !!!
Remove front wheels, battery and tray,air intake,air filter housing, etc.Let the dog see the rabbit.
Some photos, and instructions that I took from tha Barchetta Fiat workshop manual.
I also removed the throttle body to access the starter motor, and also give it a good clean.
A 6mm Allen key will remove the 12 bolts from the inner CV joints by jamming it against the subframe RH side and gearbox LH side then turning the brake disc slowly to crack them loose.
You must remove the RH drive shaft completely to extract the intermediate drive shaft from the differential using either a hub puller to remove completely or as I did which was to drop the antiroll bar.
Refer to previous Fiat instructions to remove the track rod ends and driveshafts.
Remove the exhaust downpipe,( this is where the angle grinder and nut splitter will come in handy),starter motor and intermediate shaft.
