Drive shaft flexible coupling mot fail
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We must be picturing different things; I know for certain I could hold a Volvo S60 driveshaft in my hands, one hand on the gearbox end splines and one hand on the middle and move my hands apart, stretching the box end CV gaiter and the joint would fall to bits, ball bearings lolling around inside the gaiter. Putting it back together is easy for me now, but chiefly because I stripped the gaiter off and videod the joint coming apart the first time I did it..
It's easy to make a mistake and pull them too far during the process of getting the shaft off the car, and tricky to get them back together especially if you don't see it come apart
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Never seen that happen with a 6 ball CV joint. Seen it happen plenty of times with the three pronged tripod type joint though. They just push back in, often without having to remove the cv boot. Was it one of these:
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Take a look at the end of
- the same shaft; you can see if he lifts it another half inch it will all come apart
Not the technique I use to get mine back together; I do it horizontally with the shaft in line, no hammer required
Maybe the Fabia's shafts are different- I thought they were all like this to allow a bit of end float in the shaft as the suspension moves around
Not the technique I use to get mine back together; I do it horizontally with the shaft in line, no hammer required
Maybe the Fabia's shafts are different- I thought they were all like this to allow a bit of end float in the shaft as the suspension moves around
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