4th gen driveshaft leaking grease

jakeebbon · Post by **jakeebbon** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 5:46 pm

Hey guys

Mot coming up so did some preflight checks and it comes to my attention that my 4th gen driveshafts are both leaking grease what normally causes this and is it going to be a major issue?

Post by **ek9sid** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 6:48 pm

Split CV boot? and that is an MOT failure

jakeebbon · Post by **jakeebbon** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 7:15 pm

yep as suspected found the hole on both sides new gaitors added to the never ending list

Post by **ek9sid** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 7:20 pm

They're not as bad to do as you may think...as long as you can get the drive shaft out the hub/ball joint split

Post by **Merlin** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 9:00 am

Don't split the ball joint. Undo the top upper arms, undo the fork from the lower arm, pull down the suspension and put the steering on full lock. The shafts can come out like that. Saves mashing up and having to replace a ball joint boot

I have removed my shafts more times than I would have liked to recently

W1ggz · Post by **W1ggz** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:44 am

Handy tip there mate nice 1

Post by **ek9sid** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 4:35 pm

Merlin wrote:Don't split the ball joint, undo the top upper arms, undo the fork from the lower arm, pull down the suspension and put the steering on full lock. The shafts can come out like that. Saves mashing up and having to replace a ball joint boot

I have removed my shafts more times than I would have liked to recently

Very handy tip there bud. Thanks. Will bear that in mind for when I do another clutch change.

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4th gen driveshaft leaking grease

4th gen driveshaft leaking grease

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