HOW CAN I TELL?

Lude-baz · Post by **Lude-baz** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:12 am

Hello guys, I put my drive shaft in to my auto 2.0i 4g prelude but I'm so causious that if I have put it in right, it all in but where it meets the gear box it has a 1-2cm gap enough to put the tip of my flat end big screw driver, all the hub nut is tight and the upper arm my worries are it don't come out or if it is not In properly, so when I drive what would I expect it to so if the drive shaft is not in correctly or on standstill what would I expect I doubt something be wrong but as it was being difficult going in I had to push n bang it in and worried I may have not done it properly thank you in advance for all your advices

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:17 am

If I remember correctly, there is a snap ring about 1cm from the end of the shaft (in amongst the splines at the gearbox end), it sounds to me like you're stuck on that, you've got it in that far but now you need to give it one more good shock to get the snap ring to fit in the recess inside..

if you can't hit the plate at the gearbox end hard enough to shock it in, remove the hub again, get under the car, grab the driveshaft with both hands, slide it out a bit and whack it home imagining you're trying to smash the driveshaft right through the gearbox - it should click into place.

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:20 am

No. 8 or 10

Lude-baz · Post by **Lude-baz** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:41 am

Thanks but if I was to see if it really is that would I be able to tell or would it just seem Normal or would I hear any noises thanks

Lude-baz · Post by **Lude-baz** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:46 am

I don't know if it's just my conscious just playing on me but when putting it in I did hold the rod of the shaft n smack it in as it wasn't going in b4

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:57 am

You could try pulling the drive shaft out again and looking to see if the snap ring is still there first. Make sure the splines are lining up before you do any smacking, it should slide in most of the way without any real resistance. You'll know if it's been put back in properly because the gap you speak of between the gearbox and the plate on the drive shaft will not be there anymore mate - but it won't just fall in to place, you will have to use some force to get it all the way in.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:29 am

As others have said, you can never really tell by pushing a drive shaft inwards whether you've got the snap ring located inside the gearbox.
I find you need extra force at the very beginning (when you first insert the splines in to the splined gearbox hole and you need the snap ring to compress and slide up inside the spines) but don't need any at the end (the snap ring just pops open quite happily once you reach the end of the splined hole).
It's only by pulling on the drive shaft outwards, that you can tell if it's corectly located.

Give it a tug outwards and a wiggle at the same time and if it moves out, it wasn't located. If it doesn't come outwards, then you can assume that it is.

If you want to be absolutely sure it was located, note down what the gap is between the end of the driveshaft and the gearbox and use a screwdriver to lever it out again - you'll feel the snap ring give way if it was located. If you feel that, push it back in again to the same gap and you can be confident that the snap ring will have relocated. (If you don't feel it give way and the shaft just comes straight out, then it wasn't in far enough!)

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:36 am

^^ that's better than my description. Go with that one

Lude-baz · Post by **Lude-baz** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 12:25 pm

Lol sorted lads back to work on it tommoro. Hope it bes ok il give it a go hope all goes well

Post by **Doggo** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 6:28 pm

You'll know for certain if you notice a small reduction in the number of wheels

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