Snapped O/s Driveshaft

[Pete C 0]

I'll have to measure the disc when I get home, but what you may have missed in the above pic is the pad is actually overhanging the edge of the disc by a good 5-10mm, that's why I said I know the disc is wrong!

[Pete C 0]

Right then. Disc is 266mm and has a total height to the hub face of about 40mm (bearing in mind it's probably lost some thickness). I believe this makes it offset for the 1.6 hub, which explains the (measured at 10mm) spacers, that takes it back to 1.9/base model offset. Pads overhang by approx 7/8mm which is consistent with calipers/pads designed for 283mm discs being used with 266mm. Calipers are definitely GTI-6, serial number and picture matches that on brakeparts.co.uk and doesn't correspond with any other models that I can see.

 

Driveshaft has 21 splines, which I believe makes it a 1.6 driveshaft. Therefore hub must be base model.

 

Am I right?

Edited July 18, 2012 by Pete C

[S@m 156]

It begs the question of why someone went to all the trouble of bodging a GTI-6 283mm caliper on then went and used 266mm discs?

[brumster 135 1 Cars]

I've seen a shaft go there before, and heard stories of many more over, on the rallying scene - but certainly not pulling out of a petrol station!

[Anthony 1,003]

The carriers may well not be GTi-6 though.

 

From memory, the 406 calipers themselves are very similar to the GTi-6 ones, but the carriers differ and won't fit the 205 hub as the casting fouls before the bolt holes line up. Using a spacer would address that problem, and is a possibly explaination why it's been done.

 

Easiest way to prove it is remove the disk and spacer, and try bolting the caliper straight to the hub - if it won't go on because the casting fouls, it's probably 406. There's been a few "306 GTi-6" brake setups people have bought only to find that they're actually 406 items.

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

It is worth measuring the cv joint stub to determine 100% what shafts they are. I have never counted the splines so can't say if 21 splines are 1600.

 

It is not suprising that the joint breaks there, it is a massive change in section with a relatively sharp corner really.

[Pete C 0]

Sam306 - no idea, but it's typical of the kind of bodges I've found on this car. Probably just what they had lying around.

 

Anthony - I'm pretty sure from what I've seen that the carrier will bolt straight up but will confirm.

 

Tom - I'm 99% sure it is a 1.6 shaft for various reasons; the hub nut, lack of a notch in the hub flange, lack of a split pin hole, but will measure to confirm

[Pete C 0]

CV stub is 20mm or thereabouts at the end.

 

And here you go Anthony, I had to put the spacer the other side because otherwise the bolts are too long, but bolts up lovely:

 

 

[Liquid_106 97 1 Cars]

I think you need new a new wishbone as well looking at that ball joint or at least a new boot to protect it!

[Pete C 0]

Thankyou for pointing that out, I was trying to ignore it!

[Liquid_106 97 1 Cars]

Thankyou for pointing that out, I was trying to ignore it!

Sorry

[Pete C 0]

Haha don't worry

 

Bloody car is costing me an arm and a leg already, it was supposed to be a cheap track toy... The joys of almost classic motoring!

[billybluesky 1]

Just reading through old threads and saw this one I had this happen to me too i was just setting off (well booting it actually) when wheel spin then bang same as yours, so maybe it`s not as uncommon as i thought, oh and the drive shafts had done about 45 thousand so they were well tested but were C.V. still good