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NOVABOY8
07-08-10, 09:14 PM
i broke 2 shafts at the gear box end the small shafts i got a 1.6 8v in her and f13 box and keep breaking down beacause of the driver sharts getting pissed off any one know please help
mowgli
07-08-10, 09:21 PM
stop revving the taters off it at full lock???

or start buying decent quality cv joints??

people are running 300hp thru these shafts with no trouble...
Andy
07-08-10, 09:24 PM
lol at sharft.There is no r in shaft,no matter where you come from.
Anyway,your either too low or doing burnouts everywhere on full lock
NOVABOY8
07-08-10, 09:43 PM
car lowered 60mm no i dont do burn out mate i buy new cv then and when in a straight not corner
mk1nova_rich
08-08-10, 01:00 PM
car lowered 60mm no i dont do burn out mate i buy new cv then and when in a straight not corner

what? :confused:
Adam
08-08-10, 01:09 PM
YOu keep breaking actual shafts? Or cv's?

Either way, something is wrong putting a load of stress on the cv's
NOVABOY8
08-08-10, 03:57 PM
cvs and found out that driver shaft got no play in it
Jon_nova1
08-08-10, 05:09 PM
What shaft are you running?
NOVABOY8
08-08-10, 05:10 PM
1.2
Jon_nova1
08-08-10, 05:13 PM
for a nova?
NOVABOY8
08-08-10, 05:17 PM
yer
comptoncj
08-08-10, 05:23 PM
You either had a duff cv joint or as said before you are putting too much strain on it.
MattBrown
08-08-10, 05:24 PM
Are you fitting the cv correctly?

I have seen the clip jump off, and the shaft slide out almost to the end, then when you put power through the end 8mm of shaft, it snaps inside the cv?
NOVABOY8
08-08-10, 05:32 PM
what 2 duff cvs i use other drive shaft so was on correctly
comptoncj
08-08-10, 05:36 PM
You got the correct spline cv? hub nut correct torque setting because FT loads them up too much, grease the cv properly when fitting?
MattBrown
08-08-10, 05:42 PM
He sounds like he has changed shafts.

There is something seriously wrong, like horendous, to snap 2 cvs, under no loads etc.

Sure theyre not corsa shafts? As that will be the problem...
NOVABOY8
08-08-10, 05:42 PM
what the correct torque setting
comptoncj
08-08-10, 05:45 PM
100nm, then slacken off, then 20nm and 80-90 degrees,
Alex J
08-08-10, 06:00 PM
lol at sharft.There is no r in shaft,no matter where you come from.
Anyway,your either too low or doing burnouts everywhere on full lockive done my fair few shafts during the odd burnout or twolol
Mazz
08-08-10, 06:09 PM
Do 1.2 shafts fit with the F13? I thought they were different splines...
comptoncj
08-08-10, 06:10 PM
They fit in the box, all small block shafts fit in an F13 IIRC 1.2 shafts are 28 spline and GTE are 22.
MattBrown
08-08-10, 06:34 PM
All cv gearbox end slpines are the same on all smallblock stuff.

All big block are the same.

Hence 22 spline GTE shafts go into the bigblock mk2 cav cvs.

Regardless, what he is doing is right

Sorry for the O.T.
Damo
08-08-10, 06:39 PM
As above all small block shafts fit small block boxes iirc.

Also if the drivers side shaft has no play in it it sounds like the engine could be too far over to the drivers side.:confused:
gavint5
08-08-10, 07:51 PM
some c.v. joints dont come with grease. ie ones from virgin auto parts.

you are buying a couple sachets of grease and filling the c.v. joint arnt you?
davidfox280585
08-08-10, 08:37 PM
is your crossmember solid as i had a corsa do same was rotten as a pear p.s you need to go to english classes i see you skipped school!
NOVABOY8
08-08-10, 09:15 PM
actually i am dislexic and have trouble spelling.
NOVABOY8
08-08-10, 10:21 PM
a mate said to cut the shaft and make it 10mm shorter
mowgli
08-08-10, 10:45 PM
a mate said to cut the shaft and make it 10mm shorter

no!!!! fixing a problem with a bodge is not the answer...

its more likely that the lower arm is bent causing the hub to be closer in, causing there to be no play in the cv joints.

get the tape measure out & see if something is out of whack somewhere