ABS driveshafts on an non-ABS Lude?

Post by **Merlin** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:40 am

Has anyone else fitted ABS driveshafts on an non-ABS Lude? Did you see any issues?

Is there a difference between knuckles from an ABS and and a non-ABS car?

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:47 am

You'll be fine mate

Most non-ABS joints are still ABS ring compatible, they just don't have them.

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:47 am

Isn't it just the ABS 'ring' that's different? I remember a long time ago Rich managed to take the toothed ABS ring off my old drive shafts and put it on the replacements.

EDIT: What he ^ said.

Post by **Merlin** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:51 am

NafemanNathan wrote:You'll be fine mate

I have been running with ABS driveshafts for almost two years. The only issue that I have is that my hub nut does not go all the way over the splines on the end of the driveshaft

There is roughly 2 lines of thread still on the hub nut. It is all tight, noting moves, there is nothing trapped on the inside of the knuckle.

I was just wondering if anyone had ever experienced something similar. I am tempted to buy knuckles off an ABS lude to see if that cures it

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:04 am

Merlin wrote:my hub nut does not go all the way over the splines on the end of the driveshaft

Not sure I entirely get what you're saying here. Obviously the splined portion goes through the hub, and then the nut goes on over the thread on the end. So your hub nut shouldn't go over the spline. The nut is there to pull everything through tightly, so if the nut meets the threads there's a chance it wouldn't be done up tight enough and you'd have lateral play.

And when you say...

Merlin wrote:There is roughly 2 lines of thread still on the hub nut.

Do you me the nut hangs off the end of the CV joint by about 2 threads?

Post by **Merlin** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:06 am

NafemanNathan wrote: Do you me the nut hangs off the end of the CV joint by about 2 threads?

Yes. I would get a pic but I don't have my car just now.

Splines, I meant threads.

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:13 am

That makes more sense

So you can't knock the flange of the nut into the dipple on the joint? I suppose your only way to know whether it's inserted fully is to measure it when it's apart. Awkward though.

There's obviously a chance the CV joint isn't quite the right size. Might have been intended for another Honda.

Post by **Merlin** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:17 am

This is the 2nd set of ABS driveshafts that the car has had fitted to it and both have done the same. Yes you can knock the lip of the hub nut in.

As far as I can tell the shaft is seated on the back of the hub/knuckle fine.

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:24 am

I'd say it all sounds fine.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 12:19 pm

Merlin wrote:
NafemanNathan wrote: Do you me the nut hangs off the end of the CV joint by about 2 threads?
Yes. I would get a pic but I don't have my car just now.

Splines, I meant threads.

Shouldn't be like that? There should be threads protruding out the of the nut, or at least the nut should be flush with the end of the thread?