New Drive Shafts

[andyjstone 6]

Received replacement drive shafts today for the ones that went pop, they are very different from the old ones - in particular the spider seems to be much larger, which is probably a good thing as this is what broke on the last one, but does this look right:

 

[Anthony 1,003]

Looks about right to me

[Baz 421]

+1

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

Looks the same as the one I fitted last night to my car.

[andyjstone 6]

+1

 

So maybe the other ones I had were wrong as they were quite different, the spider and was much thinner and longer - you can kind of see it in this pic:

 

[welshpug 1,657]

which bit is the spider?

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

Isn't the spider hidden inside the CV boot?

 

Graham.

[andyjstone 6]

which bit is the spider?

 

It's the joint at the wheel end, also known as a tulip.

[Galifrey 1]

I can see why the old one failed, you lubed it with butter!

 

[andyjstone 6]

I can see why the old one failed, you lubed it with butter!

 

 

Actually it wasn't that one that failed, it was the other side, this one just decided to deposit a ton of grease all over my brand new suspension, but even after taking it off I've got no idea where it came from