Inner Driveshaft Replacement

[JohnR]

Howdy chaps! I'm back!

 

The gals been servicing me well for the last year or so (now got 142,000 miles on it), following clutch DM flywheel replacement. Noticed splines on inner drive shaft were quite badly worn so I cleaned and repacked and have been driving gently. However, from the degree of vibes I'm now getting I figure its time to sort it out. How much do you have to strip off to replace the inner shaft? most fixings should be easy enough as I did a front suspension rebuild only 18 months back.

 

Any tips?

 

Cheers,

John

[Willie Krashitt]

Hi,

Hardly anything needs to come off - Undertray and offside front wheel and thats about it. You also need a (12mm?) star bit socket to undo the CV bolts.

Early Mk 2's had a large cast housing to hold the driveshaft (and upper securing bolts for this are a git to get to!) while later ones have a pressed steel flange at the intermediate bearing.

Unbolt inner CV joint and lift shaft out of the way (don't let it bend too much though - there is a warning of max bend of 20

[JohnR]

Hi,

Hardly anything needs to come off - Undertray and offside front wheel and thats about it. You also need a (12mm?) star bit socket to undo the CV bolts.

Early Mk 2's had a large cast housing to hold the driveshaft (and upper securing bolts for this are a git to get to!) while later ones have a pressed steel flange at the intermediate bearing.

Unbolt inner CV joint and lift shaft out of the way (don't let it bend too much though - there is a warning of max bend of 20