ABS driveshafts on an non-ABS Lude?

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 1:07 pm

bb1boy wrote:How bizarre.. maybe you just have extra big nuts!?

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bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 1:09 pm

^^ hahaha

Merlin, are you using OEM brake discs?

Post by **Merlin** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 1:13 pm

At the moment yes, in two weeks time no.

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 1:18 pm

I thought maybe the bell casing of the brake disk was thicker, making the threaded shaft essentially shorter which would give your symptoms ...but I guess that's not an option either.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 1:22 pm

bb1boy wrote:I thought maybe the ball casing...

Enough of the gonad references I think bb1boy!!!

Post by **vanzep** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 2:54 pm

there are no differnces between 4th gen abs and non abs driveshafts that would affect fitment.
my lude BB4 non-abs has always had abs driveshafts.
the hub nuts should be fully engaged in other words no threads visible on the nut - and the collar can be drifted into the groove on the driveshaft-there is obviously some adjustment where the hub nut can go further than flush with tip of the driveshaft and ive seen a few hub nuts that have one or two threads of the drivehsaft visible once engaged.
there must be an issue with with something other than the driveshaft.......
you know i thought there might be one of the plastic rings off the drivehsaft cv joint that had got stuck in the back of the hub but you say you checked that....
checking the front suspension arm/knuckle/hub against another would be a good place to start - we could get one from a breakers nearby

Post by **Merlin** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:00 pm

The easiest thing would be for me to get a new set of knuckles which I will get around to doing soon.

Post by **vanzep** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:06 pm

yeah there are a couple of breakers nearby that will have what your looking for

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:14 pm

What would those be I wonder?