Punto (Mk2/2b) Punto JTD engine removal and refitting

1. Get a pin punch and prise up the security tabs on the hub nuts.

2. Get someone to sit in the car with the brake pedal pressed hard and slacken the drive shaft hub nuts on both sides of the car.

3. On one side at a time undo the 6 x allen bolts at the inboard ends of the drive shafts. These are tight, initially, so a ring spanner around an allen key should crack them.

4. Remove the lower 13mm ball joint pinch bolts from each side of the car by firstly removing the nuts then hammering the bolts through until they drop out.

5. If you have difficulty pushing the lower arms down due to the strength of the anti roll bar then you can drop the bar by, on both sides, tracing it back under the floor pan until you see the 2 x 13mm bolts which anchor it onto the floor on each side.

6. On each side pull out on the hub while hitting the shaft through the back of the hub.

7. Both drive shafts can now be withdrawn from the car.

IF THE HUB NUTS ARE TIGHT THEN THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE AS FOLLOWS:-

1. from within the engine bay unplug the abs sensors. They are white cylinders. On the offside its at the upper rear corner of the inner wing and on the nearside its in front of the ABS motor.

2. pull both wires down, unclipping them where they are attached to the body and suspension strut and cable tie the wire near to the ABS sensors.


THE REASON I WOULDNT REMOVE THE ABS SENSORS AT THE HUBS IS THAT THEY ARE EITHER STUCK FAST EVEN WITH THE BOLT REMOVED OR YOU END UP WITH MALFUNCTIONS ON REFITTING. POINTS 1 AND 2 ABOVE AVOIDS ALL THAT.

PERFORM BELOW ON BOTH SIDES:-

1. Undo 10mm bolt holding the brake pipe to the suspension strut only enough to allow it to slide off its fork.

2. remove the 2 x 17mm bolts securing the brake caliper to the hub. These bolts are found at the rear of the calliper.

3. remove intact with brake pads still within and cable tie up out the way onto the suspension spring

4. Remove the lower 13mm ball joint pinch bolt by firstly removing the nut then hammering the bolt through until it drops out.

5. remove the 13mm nut from the steering track rod end and using a ball joint separator hammered into the joint, break the joint from the steering knuckle.

6. undo the 6 x allen bolts at the inboard end of the drive shaft. These are tight, initially, so a ring spanner around an allen key should crack them.

7. using a 15mm spanner to hold the bolts still, undo the 2 x 17mm nuts from where the strut connect the hub and hammer them through. (NOTE, to prevent the thread from being ruined keep the nut on the bolt on the last few threads before hammering through)

8. The hub and driveshaft can now be taken off the car on each side as one compete unit.