Benn your mount on your leg sits so much lower than mine and ive never done a cv joint, al get you a pic of mine for you
Benn your mount on your leg sits so much lower than mine and ive never done a cv joint, al get you a pic of mine for you
Please, and see i've looked at Simps guide and his sits lower than mine .
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Getting the engine tipped forwards & as high up as it can go is the answer; looks like you're pretty much there now with the location it just needs to stay there under full load. I wouldn't be happy with such welds because you can see they're just sitting in the space rather than melting & joining the surrounding 3MM.
The mount is only a template kinda thing. I want to get it all in the right place, then i'm gonna get the mount remade. As my welding is ok, but i wouldn't trust it on a mount. As i dont think it will be strong enough.
But after looking at pics of Simps mounts...
See Simps'es
That is lower than mine... You can see mines right on the edge of the hole in the chassis leg.
Same here, going by the hole mines father back too.
Mine,
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So this is where i started.
With alot of ANGER i managed to get this made (spare bit of chassis shaped metal i got bent, 2mm thick) and welded on.
A very crude method i know. But with it welded in, which i'll add Cv grease catches fire very very easy and smokes like a motherfunker! The whole garage was full, so i had to work with the door open, which was frigging cold!!
Hole in the middle is hot the slide hammer. After the cv and metal had cooled i slid my fingers in to it and bolted the slide hammer on, had to stand to get a good swing and on the 3rd hit..........
BOOM!
Cv shot out.....
Now, for this i upgraded to 0.8 wire and Argon/co2 mix gas. Both which are nicer, altho you cant tell here..
Re stripped the shaft down to remove the cv boots so i can look at the angles of the joints.
Then mega RAGE while taking the wing off...I snapped the end of my grille off.
Had to stop there and then.
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good job on the cv.bad job on the grille
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Cheers dude.
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Oh no benn glad you got the cv out in the end,bugger about your grill mate
Grille was the final straw. Left the garage right there..Ah well, see if i can find a new one..
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Looking at your inner CV joint failure pictures i'd diagnose your problem as Insufficent drive shaft plunge !!!!
Place a 5mm spacer between the cv joint and the wheel bearing/hub - althought you will have to redrill the split pin hole on the joint as it will no longer be visible when the spacer is fitted !!!
Dave
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