Negative on the exhaust.
Good thing he texted me about needing the inverted or female towx sockets. I brought them from home.
The toughest part was removing the center shaft bearing. This was enlightening…we could use some 13mm press plates for tight clearance items - have to plasma cut those. The selection of sub par 3 arm pullers is about worth their weight in scrap. Friggin useless - but they are shiny and like new (because they don’t work on anything and go unused - great plan) - Time to shop for a variety of great to very good pullers,
Part of the exhaust will have to come off (left pre cat) in the future - if we can drum up someone that would be willing to TIG the crack on his cat - stainless.
We worked around the exhaust by removing the plate that holds the xmsn mount and a small plate in the rear of the tunnel - that allowed enough movement for the two part shaft and replacement of the front and rear guibo joints.
Note, none of the above parts were worn out - they had signs of wear but were still serviceable.
It was a good lesson in propeller shaft maintenance on a European car. and Good for Chris with the intro to air tools, swivel sockets, getting into tight places with air tools instead of hand tools & more.