Lost Drive To The Front Wheel

[grinder-fc3s]

Hiya chaps

 

first post here so bear with me B)

 

the better half brother just bought a R Reg 1.9 TDi but its lost drive to the front wheel

 

you can see the big 27mm nut spin when trying to drive it

 

so thought it was a CV joint that had lost its splines - but now its stripped - it looks like the hub is shot

 

is this a common problem or a one in a million chance ??

 

its done about 157K so pretty high milage in my eyes ;)

 

is it easy to get the hub off - we have the bottom ball joint loose , the nut and bolt round the bottom of the suspension - so looks like its caliper off then the disc and steering arm - anything else i have missed or need to be aware of ????

 

Thanks

 

Stu

[sepulchrave]

Is it the hub or the driveshaft or both which are damaged?

 

No, this is not a common problem.

 

If the hub is damaged I would replace the entire strut with one from a breakers yard, I'd probably get the driveshaft as well just to be sure.

 

From memory you clamp and remove the brake hose, then the two bolts holding the bottom balljoint, split the track rod end, undo the drop link from the ARB to the strut and give the hub a really good yank towards you whereupon the entire driveshaft will jump it's spring clip out of the diff and you can simply lower the lot to the ground and remove it en bloc. You will lose some gearbox oil unless you have the car jacked right up on stands and leaning over enough to prevent it.

Edited August 26, 2009 by sepulchrave

[grinder-fc3s]

got a hub from the breakers - with suspension on it

 

managed to sheer the bolt which attaches the hub to the strut - never a good start B)

 

so gonna drill that out in a bit

 

not looking simple though

 

and have you ever tried to get a caliper off a hub on the garage floor - not easy

 

so will prob leave the mount of the caliper on the hub and then swap it out as a unit

 

so its not a common problem - this is prob why we cant get a new hub any where

 

oh well - its all fun and games eh !!

 

Stu

[grinder-fc3s]

right after a few days of hell - i will let you all have a laugh !! :huh:

 

1 - bottom ball joint ended up spinning so took an age to get that off

2 - snapped the bolt in the 2nd hand suspension unit - spent 4 hrs trying to drill it out

3 - took it to a garage and they wanted

[Saif Rehman]

right after a few days of hell - i will let you all have a laugh !! :huh:

 

1 - bottom ball joint ended up spinning so took an age to get that off

2 - snapped the bolt in the 2nd hand suspension unit - spent 4 hrs trying to drill it out

3 - took it to a garage and they wanted

[grinder-fc3s]

to be honest i dont mind :huh: B)

 

waste of 2 days leave from work - but its done now

 

dont get me started on the time i changed the 4 discs and pads on the RX7 - took me over 6 hrs to get a disc off - someone at mazda thought it would be funny to put a cast iron disc on alloy hub !!!! :D