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cococola
 Post subject: driveshaft queery
PostPosted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:39 am 
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Hi Can anybody tell me if the outer driveshaft joint is more prone to failure(clunk noise)rather than the inner joint.
I replaced the inner joint previously and Iam confused as to if the outer is noisey or if it is a suspension clonk. cheers
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 Post subject: Re: driveshaft queery
PostPosted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:49 am 
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Easiest way to tell is hold the driveshaft and try to rotate the wheel, if there is a play, the UJ is worn. Best doing the lot in my experience, anything over 100k with originals will be getting tired!
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cococola
 Post subject: Re: driveshaft queery
PostPosted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:47 pm 
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great thanks for the advice.
Is the outer joint difficult to replace?
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 Post subject: Re: driveshaft queery
PostPosted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:25 pm 
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Easy job if you can get the bolts out. Depends who put them in! (As in do they have any heads left.) Buy them new complete from euro car parts. £50 each. New bolts needed too.

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 Post subject: Re: driveshaft queery
PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:28 am 
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JJ, GSF are cheaper at about £38 I think plus VAT,
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 Post subject: Re: driveshaft queery
PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:15 am 
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Some come with bolts, grease etc. others don't. The bolts are in excess of a pound each so quickly makes a difference. Clean the heads out with brake cleaner before you try unbolting them! :shock: Use a torque wrench to retighten.

PS Clean & strip both shafts whilst you are there, if one is iffy the others maybe too. You'll need at least one complete pot of CV joint grease to do all 4! :o

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:32 am 
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sulzeruk wrote:
JJ, GSF are cheaper at about £38 I think plus VAT,
Alasdair

Thats good news with the Tipec discount! Last time I asked they didn't have any or know when they would. Need 4 to put in with my fresh gearbox. :roll:

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Maybe I made hard work of the job but when I took the offside shaft off my turbo it was awkward to get it around the oil cooler loop.
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Isn't the oil cooler loop just for cars fitted with an LSD? Sure mine doesn't have one.

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J.J. wrote:
Isn't the oil cooler loop just for cars fitted with an LSD? Sure mine doesn't have one.

Yup Turbo only, not LSD as I have an S2 box in the garage with LSD but no cooler..

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