Drive Shaft Bearing Thing Came Off The End Of The Driveshaft

[willxs 0]

right, abit hard to explain this one but...

 

when i was doing some work a couple of weeks ago, the driveside cv fell apart on me. what happened is:

you know inside the cv theres the bit which fits onto the splines of the shaft and carries the 3 bearings enabling it to rotate its different ways. well, it came off and the shaft must of placed itself amongst the bearings.

after a fiddle about i managed to get it back in and working ok but now i think its coming back to haunt me as sometimes when turning and accelerating, it makes the occasional knock.

ive got hold of a few circlips and was intending to have a look at it tomoro to see if i could put a circlip back on to replace the one that must of fallen off.

 

can anyone shed some light on this to see if i only need to put a new circlip on or does the plock thicken?

 

 

 

Will

[pugrallye 0]

did the spider come out the outer cv joint? or did your drive shaft come out the spider (retained by a c clip) if the spider has come out then its probably shot by now...

[Guest 205_dave]

As said, if its started knocking sounds like its worn. Is it worth trying to fix for the price of a new one from somewhere like GSF?

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

If the bearings on the end of the tripod joint fell apart, did you get all of them back in when you refitted the outer races? I had a similar thing to this happen on one of my old diesels 205's & that knocked occasionally but not to often.

 

In honesty a replacement driveshaft is probably best.

 

Graham.

[willxs 0]

well, ive been driving on it for a couple of weeks and its doesnt sound like the noise you get when a drive shaft is worn.

 

i dont think the bearings have fallen off, i just think it was the spider bit that came off the end of the shaft. going to have a look later today hopefully and see whats what. do hope its fixable for a while. other wise im stuck in wales for abit.Doh!

[Bally 4]

That tripod needs to be pinned off on the shaft. Depending on which driveshaft you have there will either be a circlip that holds it from coming off ( there will be a groove in the splines to hold the circlip) or if there is no groove, you need to push the tripod all the way down on the splines and you a chisel or a center punch to burr the splines to stop it from coming back off.

[willxs 0]

yea? ok cheers, will give it a try when i got an hour or so. can anyone let me know what size the nut is for the driveshaft? need to buy one.

cheers