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dingg1 Member Since: 29 Jun 2013 Location: PORTUGAL Posts: 1368 ![]() ![]() |
It occurred when you changed the air strut, its quite common to happen. |
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MP3C Member Since: 10 Sep 2024 Location: Corby Posts: 6 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Update:
Once the hub and driveshaft were removed, found the end of the driveshaft had broken clean off!
So now comes the part of figuring out how to remove the other end which is still in the diff... Manged to see what was happening with the borescope. this showed the end of the driveshaft that had snapped and the retaining clip still in there.
Getting it out was going to be fun but thought of attaching the 10mm socket retrieval tool to the borescope and pulling them out gently, this had me thinking of the game operation with higher stakes!
Expecting it would be an all afternoon job of attaching different home made contraptions together to try and wrestle the parts out, but both managed to be dragged out very easily.
So my new driveshaft arrives tomorrow, now all it's going to take is putting it all back together again and changing the diff oil to remove any contaminants that could have ended up in there following this. Wish me luck |
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Dtech Member Since: 29 Nov 2014 Location: Yorkshire Dales Posts: 69 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
That looks as though the shaft hasn’t been fully fully home, otherwise it would have sheared much further down the shaft/ spline or possibly not sheared at all. |
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MP3C Member Since: 10 Sep 2024 Location: Corby Posts: 6 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I think its all related to my front strut change. I think I had accidentally unseated it when doing the swap and then as you said, has been unseated, all power right on the end and has just failed where the recess has been cut for the clip. |
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Happydaze Member Since: 30 Aug 2021 Location: Wirral Posts: 87 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I had mine pop out after not installing it properly following a strut change. No damage however! I thought it was going to be difficult to do but it turned out to be quite simple.
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