Coxsey

It's the knuckle that sits in the cup next to the gear box that keeps failing. it looks like it is close to the edge when fully instaled, where as the farside shaft is comfortable situated in the middle. and does not wear at the same rate. ;)

I have a 51 MkII 115 TDI Galaxy and the front nearside drive shaft keeps failing. (second time this year, forth in the last two) Does anyone have experiance with this and know possible causes. I would also like to know if both shafts(outer) are the same unit, and there length/s as the near side shaf seems to be extended to the edge of the cup(or what ever it caled)

Hi Coxsey Not too sure on yours, but is the oil feed pipe conected with a banjo bolt ? if so poss the washer has got a split in it, take to bolt out and try and get a copper washer (same idea as the sump drain) and replace it but becareful not to over tighen the bolt Radiotwo Hi Radiotwo, Nope not connected by banjo but directly into housing with pipe sealed by an olive. ;) had one last year but the garage has changed systems so they dont have a record of the part ordered.

going to order one from either ford steelers or Volkswagen. does anyone know the part No.s for either supplier? Cheers

My wife has a mkII 1.9TDI on a 51 plate. It has just started losing alot of oil. on investigation it appears it may be coming from thr oil feed pipe to the turbo at the filter housing end. Has anyone experianced this before a sudden leak from a previous good seal. was only replaced last year when i changed the turbo. Is there any other point it could be coming from? Thanks.

Ok all sorted now. cleared down the faults i could find. Couldn't find many controllers tho. Which ones can you find normally?

Ok daft question (Obvious answer?) Vista as downloaded the serial port replicator driver, but do i now need another driver for the ODB side of things? If so where can i get one from, cant find original disc that came with the lead. Thanks

I have downloaded Vag-com from the Ross Tech website and i am having problems getting it to recognise the lead. When i plugged my lead in (USB-Serial) my laptop started to download a driver from windows update. (USB- Serial adaptor) I have set the port in the control panel to com 1 but when testing the message says Port Ok Interface not found. The pc is runing on Vista SP1. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Could you please explain what micro cat is? thanks

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Ok changed the lower arm yesterday and the problem is there if not a little worse. Could someone please confirm if when replacing the driveshaft, does it have to be located in one specific place or can it line up to any bolt hole?

Yep they need replacing. have known that for a little while, the rubber is split and is clearly visable with the hood up. Also noted both arm bushes require replacing when i was replacing the bearings. car has done over 100K now so no surprise really. :rolleyes:

? we travelled back from Cornwall with it so 400 miles wobbling it could be a few things. :rolleyes:

Well took her out for the first drive this morning hoping all would be smooth s a babies bum :angry2: however wobble came back at about 40 mph whilst accelerating. :rolleyes: now it is not as bad as previous I know that i will need to get it sorted sooner rather than later. any ideas what it could be? I get a loud knock when i pull away from staionary or after freewheeling on the motorway, or when i reverse. (this has been happening for some time and no one knows what it is) I think that this may have a part to ply in the wobble. i have an idea that it may be the part to which the drive shaft bolts onto(engie side), does anyone know what this part is called? A few years ago i had to get the off/side drive shaft replaced as the teeth had worn and i lost all drive and can only assume that this part was replaced asweell as the drive shaft. I have recently replaced both wheel bearings & drop links, I know i also need to replace top suspension mounts and lower arm bushes.

Yeah, this website: Have the new driveshaft ready lying next to you. 1. Loosen front driveshaft bolt (37mm) and wheelnuts. 2. Jack car up and support on an axle stand, remove roadwheel. 3. Unbolt bottom balljoint from hub carrier (2 x T45??). 4. Tug strut toward you (HARD!) releasing driveshaft spline from differential. 5. Remove loose hub bolt and old driveshaft. 6. Quickly slide new driveshaft into differential (not much gearbox oil will have escaped). 7. Slide outer spline into hub and finger tighten driveshaft bolt. 8. Use the momentum of the strut/hub/driveshaft assembly to swing it in (HARD) and out until circlip engages in differential. 9. Reverse steps 3, 2 and 1. Done. Yep all done, had one stubbern bolt which i had to drill the head off :rolleyes: also replaced the O/S ABS sensor so all shoud be sweet for a v short while....................... Timing belt next gulp also anyone had experiance replaceing he lower arm bushes, noticed they are over due........... Thanks for all your help :angry2:

Hi thanks for that. I have found another post where they have changed the whole drive shaft when experiancing the same problem. Does anyone know if there is a website with instructions on how to do it? Cheers

I have a 2001 TDi 115bhp Mk II galaxy and we are experiancig a severe wobble whilst accellerating. It has got steadedly worse and now happens above 20mph. the wobble is not being transmitted back up the stearing wheel but through the whole car. I can only assuming that it is a problem with the CV joint or drive shaft could anyone please confirm or have suffered from this same problem? Thanks in advance

Hi, I am after a new turbo for my wifes galaxy (2001 51plate ghia 115bhp) The unit is a garret 713673-2 Does anyone know where i can buy one (Cheaply ofcause) thanks

our Galaxy has been suffering from a loud knocking from the front for some time now I replaced the drop links and the noise reduced, and now tonight ihave noticed that i can push the susspension up by about 1/2 an inch to which i have been told that the bushes have gone. it has also been suffering from uneven wear on the front tyres (worn outside edge) could someone tell me how to replace these and how much/where to get them from, and if this could fix the uneven wear? cheers

We are having intermitant starting problems with our 51 plate TDI galaxy (115 psi). we get a rapid clicking noise and the engine doesn't turn over. with what i have read on this forum i belive it to be basically one problem. Relay's but which one? :blink: could somebody tell me what no. relays are asscoiated with the engine starting and their locations. cheers

Could anyone help me I am after my security code for my radio.... bought the car second hand and they have supplied no number....... Cheers in advanced. :D

Just picked up the car from the garage and had a look at the damaged end of the drive shaft..... The teeth had worn away not snapped off!!!! When they eventually ordered the correct part they asked Ford's if they have many in stock as an indicator of how often this goes wrong... they had almost a hundred instock!!! <_< For information I have a 51 plate TDI registered in Spetember. Apparently there a couple of differant designs of shafts....... Milage was 63500 On a good note tho.... they didn't stock any gear boxes........

Has anyone tried Tesco insurence. Cheepset by fay... sorry cant remember how much as last November......

Well my second problem with the Galaxy <_< occurd on Saturday just gone...... Picked daughter up from swimming in the morning got to a set of traffic lights and went to pull off and all that happend was an expensive sounding grinding noise and no movement..... It turns out that the drive shaft had lost it's splines (Teeth) where it goes into the gear box. Has anyone had this happen to them..... or am I just unlucky....... :(