Benn's on going build

[Benn]

Made laugh out loud so had to be done.

[Benn]

Small update,

Removed the shaft, measured how much the joint moves on the shaft...



Refitted the shaft, jacked the leg up to the highest point it can (4 inch long spring)



Giving a shaft angle of this...



Joint plunged in fully..



And fully extended.



Giving me 15-20mm movment (hard to measure with where it is)

Leg dropped down to its full open lengh (9inch long spring)



Giving me a shaft angle of this (looks straight but isn't)



Fully in,



Fully out,



Giving me almost the same movement of about 20mm..

So that would mean that it's not the plug and extension that's damaging the cv joints yes? As they move in and out about the right amount...
That means it is angle that has damaged the cage, popping the bearings out and breaking the cv.

Thoughts?

[brucer]

Id say your correct.

I checked mine briefly yesterday and my shaft points up and back quite alot and couldnt get any movent in the shaft back and forth.
So im keeping a close eye on how your sorting this, I will have to inspect mine fully to see if ive got movement like you and think about altering the mount.

Keep us updated!

[Benn]

Will do, If your hub nuts done up it wont move..

[Benn]

Shaft all built back up, waiting on a drive shaft oil seal.

[Nick J]

Fingers crossed for you dude!

Nick.

[Benn]

Hopping it will help everything. Just wanna use the car and not worry it will brake again. Really takes the enjoyment and confidence out of driving it.

[BRoadGhost]

I'm sure your revision of the gearbox mount will make it good enough to solve the nightmare; it'll just come down to the amount of pull back the wheel faces under load and how much tip the engine mounts allow. I went twelve degrees of castor and my shafts are perfectly square, as you look down on them from the top of the engine bay.

What tie bar / lower arm bushes are you using? When you start the car up & you're sat in it idling, how much vibration do you feel?

[Benn]

Glad you replied, i hope it's made it all a bit better. Engine mounts dont move at all, well i cant push the engine bay hand at all and it doesn't move when you reve it hard.
Pull back? As in how much it moves when you pull away?

Std lowered 30mm tie bars, arms are new with std bushes, but i'd like to change all the bushes on the front to medium hard ones...
Cause of the hard mounts you feel all the vibration thru the car..

[nova_stee]

Benn bin the standard bushes its 250bhp plus in a nova the wheels will be going everywhere with them standard bushes