Hi Everyone,


I'm going to need to replace the alternator in the next few weeks as I
have 100k miles and getting close to when these begin to fail so I don't want to
be stranded on the road. Anyway, in looking at the factory manual, it doesn't
mention anything about removing the drive shaft to get this out but I know that
it has to be removed as there is no way to slide the alternator out from the top
of the engine. So looking at removing the drive shaft, can I only remove the
shaft from the hub, because from the manual they mention that you need to remove
it from the transmission housing first before you can remove it from the hub.
Also why additional screws, clips will I need to replace the drive shaft back
in? The manual mentions that I'll need to replace the locking tab is there
anything else that I need?

Thanks in advance,
Nick