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4th gen driveshaft leaking grease
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 5:46 pm
by jakeebbon
Hey guys
Mot coming up so did some preflight checks and it comes to my attention that my 4th gen driveshafts are both leaking grease what normally causes this and is it going to be a major issue?
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 6:48 pm
by ek9sid
Split CV boot? and that is an MOT failure
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 7:15 pm
by jakeebbon
yep as suspected found the hole on both sides new gaitors added to the never ending list
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 7:20 pm
by ek9sid
They're not as bad to do as you may think...as long as you can get the drive shaft out the hub/ball joint split
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 9:00 am
by Merlin
Don't split the ball joint. Undo the top upper arms, undo the fork from the lower arm, pull down the suspension and put the steering on full lock. The shafts can come out like that. Saves mashing up and having to replace a ball joint boot
I have removed my shafts more times than I would have liked to recently
Re: 4th gen driveshaft leaking grease
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:44 am
by W1ggz
Handy tip there mate nice 1
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 4:35 pm
by ek9sid
Merlin wrote:Don't split the ball joint, undo the top upper arms, undo the fork from the lower arm, pull down the suspension and put the steering on full lock. The shafts can come out like that. Saves mashing up and having to replace a ball joint boot
I have removed my shafts more times than I would have liked to recently
Very handy tip there bud. Thanks. Will bear that in mind for when I do another clutch change.
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