I was under the car today investigating a knocking noise that occurs when I put it into drive or reverse. Turns out the nearside rear drive shaft has a lot of twist movement in it where it go's into the outer cv joint. As far as I can see after searching around Its not a common problem so Im thinking of putting in a second hand shaft complete with joints. Problem is I cant find a guide on what I need to remove to get it in! Any ideas or help with this please guys?

You need to remove the wheel, caliper, disc top & bottom rose joint bolts, toe control arm, hub nut. The top rose bush bolt needs to be marked and go in exactly as it came out as it is eccentric and adjusts the toe in of the wheels

Correction, the toe control arm eccentric bolt adjusts the toe in/out, the rose bush eccentric bolt adjusts the camber  .
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