Driveshaft question

1. user_39542 Regular Poster Joined: Nov 2009 calne Posts: 429 137.7bhp Icelandic vts

   #1 17th February 2011, 13:54

   Hi I fitted mk1 vts driveshafts to my mk2 vts, is this a bad idea?
2. Barry123 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Oct 2005 Aycliffe Posts: 32205 Saxo VTS

   #2 17th February 2011, 14:07

   nope. It'll be fine dude - provided the driveshaft mates correctly with the hub of course. So if you originally had a taper on the shaft (which you should have for a mk2 vts) and there is a taper on the replacement, mk1 shaft then it'll be fine.
   
   There was a transition between non-taper and taper around the mk1 era but I seem to remember that VTS were always tapered(?)
3. user_39542 Regular Poster Joined: Nov 2009 calne Posts: 429 137.7bhp Icelandic vts

   #3 17th February 2011, 14:23

   It doesn't have a taper on it mate, I thought my bottom arms had gone cuz u can wobble the wheel in your hand lol, so I've ordered the right ones now
4. Baynesey Established Member Joined: Sep 2005 canterbury, kent Posts: 1115 mk2 Vtr

   #4 17th February 2011, 14:41

   sound more like a wheel bearing if you can wobble the wheel about mate
5. user_39542 Regular Poster Joined: Nov 2009 calne Posts: 429 137.7bhp Icelandic vts

   #5 17th February 2011, 16:02

   On my old vts the wheel bearings went and it's not even as bad as that was! You sure that maybe cuz I've put the driveshaft with the lip and not the tapered end in it's not properly fitting my hub??? That's what I think? When u take the wheel off u cans pull the whole hub away from the driveshaft
6. Baynesey Established Member Joined: Sep 2005 canterbury, kent Posts: 1115 mk2 Vtr

   #6 17th February 2011, 23:12

   im not a 100% tbh mate, but a garage put the wrong hub on mine, not knowing there were 2 types one for each type of drive shaft and it fudged my wheel bearing. but what ever you shouldnt be able to move the hub along the driveshaft spindle.... wait for someone with a bit of no how to answer mate.