Important! : Drive shaft replacement gone wrong?

1. jappski L-plater Joined: May 2015 Posts: 47

   #1 22nd May 2015, 06:46

   I changed my drive shaft the other day, and all seemed tight had it jacked up today i thought id give the wheel a shake i now have play not sure if maybe it was't seated right when i tightened it or what? So i had a brain wave to check the other drive shaft and count the threads, and to confuse me more! The old shaft has a shorter thread!! Only two threads showing the one i put on is longer and about 6threads showing /: i got the shaft bran new from a friend and i matched it up to my old one and surely enough they were both tappered /: so im really confussed soon as i get 30ml socket off my friend again going to try nip it up ive only done about 25 mile at max on it so hopefully not mashed up the bearing and hub AGAIN LIKE A REPEAT OF MY LAST CAR lol, also i have a thread below this that i have yet to find the issue ! So much for these projects i must be getting old hahaha
2. Manu Saxperience Addict Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 11714 A6 Le Mans tuned/A3 TFSI tuned

   #2 22nd May 2015, 06:54

   Seen threads like this before on here, turns out dude fitted the wrong shafts.
3. vincent1 L-plater Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 68

   #3 22nd May 2015, 09:11

   I been using j@r drive shafts from ebay on all cars i repair for a while now a very good price for a saxo less than £30.00 per side i think next day delivery too also ive never been sent a wrong shaft i just send the car reg etc they send me the ebay link job done.

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4. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #4 22nd May 2015, 10:27

   Just to clarify that physically the gearbox driveshaft is shorter than the drivers side.
5. jappski L-plater Joined: May 2015 Posts: 47

   #5 22nd May 2015, 11:39

   I matched the tapper up and length etc seemed a good match, and funny now i have wheel bottled up and on the deck there is no play? I think maybe the wheel nuts contribute towards the the structure of the disc as seems locked up nice now i thought i may have left shaft slightly lose but feels good and tight
6. Gandi699 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182

   #6 22nd May 2015, 11:46

   how tight did you do the hub nut? its got to be 250nm to bring the bearing into tolerance ie: Fucking tight
7. jappski L-plater Joined: May 2015 Posts: 47

   #7 22nd May 2015, 19:19

   Thanks gandi pushed mot back till tuesday, taking mates garage tonight for full run around the car see what could fail as his a mot inspector himself, so he'll know what needs to be done i will deffo FT it !
8. jappski L-plater Joined: May 2015 Posts: 47

   #8 22nd May 2015, 19:20

   Oh and i did a 13 stone jump on the breaker bar lol but car was on the deck as i did it maybe was not seating when it felt tight hmmm
9. jappski L-plater Joined: May 2015 Posts: 47

   #9 2nd June 2015, 00:05

   Update was the wrong shaft... Got another new one from JR on ebay, and bearing from local dealer jobs a gooden now was a repeat of last year wrong shaft pushed bearing out annoys me so much lol! Why do the french proceed to make things more and more complicated lolol