Front Drive Shaft Update

[Logsplitter]

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Yep, more or less I think.

I'm still baffled by the broken C-clip though. And shocked it held on just long enough for me to get it in my shop.

It was the C-clip that failed on mine apparently. This was two weeks after a service. Going about 30mph and it exploded with a hell of a bang as the prop flailed around.

 

[Dokatd]

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It was the C-clip that failed on mine apparently. This was two weeks after a service. Going about 30mph and it exploded with a hell of a bang as the prop flailed around.

Yeah, I have heard of a few. But I assumed the clip was improperly installed in those cases. Maybe that was a poor assumption.

Mine was most certainly installed correctly and was only hanging by a prayer. The clip was in pieces. Only a portion was still in the groove. Other parts were embedded into the rear cover. I'm baffled.

 

[Logsplitter]

Yeah, I have heard of a few. But I assumed the clip was improperly installed in those cases. Maybe that was a poor assumption.

Mine was most certainly installed correctly and was only hanging by a prayer. The clip was in pieces. Only a portion was still in the groove. Other parts were embedded into the rear cover. I'm baffled.

I never got an answer as to what caused mine to fail. It was intimated that the C clip failed by the dealer but I never got the answer I asked for from Ineos.

 

[GN4HIR]

It is almost 2:30 a.m., I shouldn't be allowed near a keyboard but.. here I am, unsupervised.

There must be a reason this isn't considered viable but why not 1.) take your case pocket knife out and cut the boot out of the terra CV, and 2.) install a boot like this.. there has to be one of correct size out there already. Talk among yourselves.. and yes, I get it.. it looks like a toilet plunger.

 

[CRH]

It is almost 2:30 a.m., I shouldn't be allowed near a keyboard but.. here I am, unsupervised.

There must be a reason this isn't considered viable but why not 1.) take your case pocket knife out and cut the boot out of the terra CV, and 2.) install a boot like this.. there has to be one of correct size out there already. Talk among yourselves.. and yes, I get it.. it looks like a toilet plunger.



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I thought i was stupid for thinking the same answer you have. Trying to get to sleep last night and this was also the answer i came up with. If it is only to hold grease why can't we pack one of these with the stuff and use clips or bands of some description to hold in place.
There must me a simple reason why we can't use one of these

 

[Tazzieman]

I thought i was stupid for thinking the same answer you have. Trying to get to sleep last night and this was also the answer i came up with. If it is only to hold grease why can't we pack one of these with the stuff and use clips or bands of some description to hold in place.
There must me a simple reason why we can't use one of these

If it's no floppier than a wizard's sleeve it shouldn't tear.
Mercedes sell a split boot for the vintage rear pivoting axles to keep the dirt out; split so you don't have to diassemble the axle halves to install it.

 

[OkGo]

Toyota have a couple of boots like that, run for 250k+ miles. Is there a 'protection' case for an embedded one in the IG?

 

[CRH]

Is the aftermarket being more complicated than it needs to be? Can we just have floppy external rubber boot to protect from dirt and water and hold in grease?

 

[terdrocket]

It is almost 2:30 a.m., I shouldn't be allowed near a keyboard but.. here I am, unsupervised.

There must be a reason this isn't considered viable but why not 1.) take your case pocket knife out and cut the boot out of the terra CV, and 2.) install a boot like this.. there has to be one of correct size out there already. Talk among yourselves.. and yes, I get it.. it looks like a toilet plunger.



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I had looked around at one of these type of boots wondering if it would be good as an over boot. A second layer of protection. Secure the small end, fill partially with grease, then secure the big end around the outside of the CV.