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Drive Shafts S2/Turbo

scam75

scam75

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Evening all

After replacing a CV last year and now looking at replacing all 4, I seen CP4L are doing a full shaft (!) for about £107. Use code CUP15 and you can have 2 brand new driveshafts complete with new CV's for £185 delivered. Job done.

Stuart
 
Not the same thing I know, but a driveshaft snapped on my daughters Corsa when I drove it recently. Just a bang and it lost drive. Makes me a bit wary of a cheap driveshaft for a 944T with 3 times the power.
 
Not sure about 3 times the power? I know my Turbo now has more than 5 times the power of my stepsons Polo. I do agree though. After 30 years my driveshafts seem well solid. I too would be scheptical of aftermarket metal.
 
If it drives well I will replace with OEM. I have tired and creaking CV's/driveshafts at the mo and this was the most appealing route to go.
 
Been a while since I did mine but IIRC, the research I did at the time suggested that the cheapo complete driveshafts use CV joints made of cheese in order to get the price down to an eye catching level and don’t last 5 minutes. I opted for GKN CV joints on repainted original driveshafts. It’s the greasiest job in the World but a once every 100,000 miles job.
 
Monkeythree said:
I opted for GKN CV joints on repainted original driveshafts. It’s the greasiest job in the World but a once every 100,000 miles job.
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or longer....I have only needed to renew my CV joints once during my ownership and that was soon after I bought the car, we are talking at least 18 years ago and approx 120k miles.....still going as good as ever...

Pete
 
I hear a clicking from the near side rear when I reverse down my drive, guessing that's a CV joint?
 
Well my chocolate and balsa wood shafts have arrived today. I'm going to fit them this afternoon. Presently I have clicks and creaks and play in one shaft where a cv was recently done. I reckon I need 2 maybe 3 cv's and maybe one drive shaft. I will keep the original shafts and if all my aches and pains disappear with my new plasticene and cheese equipment I will get some decent cv's back on the old shafts. Once I'm home I'll post up what make the rice paper and prit stick items are!

Stuart
 
I seem to recall that there was a Ford (Scorpio?) alternative part for the S2/turbo CV which was nearer £18 for a branded part. The proper GKN ones were about £80 each which makes the £388 for the whole driveshaft simply daft, particularly given that the CV's are the bits that wear.

(I recall 'phoning my local OPC to enquire about the costs of the CV's when I needed some, about 10 years ago. I seem to recall that they quoted me something like £75 for the CV's. I called Max at Frazerpart and they were £80, so I called the OPC back to order four joints at £75 each. They looked at their system again and were very apologetic as the price they had quoted me was just for a boot! Yes, boys and girls, £75 for a CV joint boot! They did graciously offer a 10% discount on the cost of the joints but my memory has blocked how much those were. I politely declined and called Max back who had them delivered the next day .... Well done Max at Frazerpart!)


Oli.
 
So I have fitted them, but suspect my gearbox has not survived the latest running out of oil incident. This could be very expensive I fear. It's whining a bit at higher revs but I have grating sound at low revs now. Sounds awful. Suspect gearbox mount is gubbed as well as quite a lot of movement when you push it. I think the box has to come out and take it from there. Plus the cooler is still leaking at the low end. Feel like setting it on fire tbh.
 
Chin up Stu. I have raised mine to the ground several times in my head. I look at it like raising and having children. Nobody would volunteer for that crap but we always seem to go back for more!
 
Stu - Sorry to hear things are not going in the right direction.

I do have a semi-solid transaxle mount for sale - not been used, fitted it to my car and then took off to replace with OEM.

Let me know if you need it.

Cheers

Steve
 
I redid my transaxle mount with the liquid rubber fix. It is now rock solid. Great fix. A little more noise being transmitted from the rear end but when was a modfied Turbo ever quiet?
 
Thanks guys. The hunt is now on for a replacement box. I can get a UY box off a mate, but has no lsd or oil cooler or hardened 1st and 2nd gears. May end up buying it as nobody seems to have an AOR code box available. I will continue to trawl. I suppose I could fit the UY box and get moving again and buy some time to get the AOR sorted, that is unless it is complete toast!

AcC8braman - yeah I'll take the mount. PM me to sort. Oh and make it cheap, I think my bank manager be on to me soon!

Cheers

Stuart
 
+1 for the urethane mod, works really well.

These gearboxes seem to soldier on for ever - you should hear mine! Replacing a turbo box is a fair bit more ££ though. Maybe buy a s/h S2 box (or turbo non-LSD) as an interim & get the turbo box rebuilt?
 
I can get the UY box for a good price. Its an early turbo non LSD box. Might go down this route and buy me time.
 
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