Steering wheel vibration

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 9:18 pm

get a second hand one off here while you save for a decent new or recon one that way you are safe while you save

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 9:34 pm

TBH, the original driveshafts are such good quality, a second hand one will probably last the rest of the life of the car anyway, provided it's not used as a ragged track car.

ATR84 · Post by **ATR84** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 6:39 am

Thanks all

Lack of mechanical knowledge question, I may just do both driveshafts at the same time regardless of which one has gone. When I get a driveshaft will it come with everything I need like the cv joints? Do I need to be asking for something more specific, especially when talking to a breaker?

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 9:44 am

Driveshaft is the complete thing (shaft with both joints).
You will need to get new hub nuts from Honda and if you're doing both sides, get both gearbox seals as well.

ATR84 · Post by **ATR84** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 12:16 pm

wurlycorner wrote:Driveshaft is the complete thing (shaft with both joints).
You will need to get new hub nuts from Honda and if you're doing both sides, get both gearbox seals as well.

Thanks Iain.

Is this everything I need minus the hub nuts and gearbox seals? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-prelude ... 3aab07ab31

Also, where do I find the part numbers for the hub nuts and gearbox seals? Are these things expensive. Costs are mounting

Post by **Merlin** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 12:24 pm

Hub nuts are a total swine to get off BTW. You need a 36mm socket and the biggest breaker bar you can get your hands on plus someone sitting with their foot on the brake. IMO it is the most difficult thing to get off the car after the crank pulley.

Also don't split the bottom ball joint to get the shafts out, drop the upper arms from the engine bay

Much easier!

Showing Honda part numbers:
Shafts and associated parts - http://www.lingshondaparts.com/honda_ca ... k_03=23027

Buy new set rings (number 7) to go with your shafts

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 12:41 pm

ATR84 wrote:Is this everything I need minus the hub nuts and gearbox seals? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-prelude ... 3aab07ab31

Yes, that's everything without changing the half-shaft.

@Merlin unless I'm missing something, the gearbox seals aren't on that parts diagram unfortunately, they're on 2 different diagrams?
Number 15
http://www.lingshondaparts.com/honda_ca ... k_03=23027
And Number 13
http://www.lingshondaparts.com/honda_ca ... k_03=23027

That said, if you're leaving the half-shaft in situ and only changing the outer part, then you wouldn't need the first one of those seals (the number 15 one).

Post by **Merlin** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 12:50 pm

Yeah all those bits are on different diagrams. I have never changed them.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 12:56 pm

Merlin wrote:Yeah all those bits are on different diagrams

Ta. Genuinely I was wondering there - having a fuzzy head day, struggled for ages just to get my head round how the shafts were actually oriented in those drawings!

So really thought there was a possibility I'd missed something!

ATR84 · Post by **ATR84** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 3:23 pm

One more questions are all the parts the same across all the 4th gens? I don't know what model these shafts came off, mine is a BB1...........