High Matt- its probably the oil seal in the output from the diff. it will fit around the new drive shaft . Would always recommend a new one when replacing the drive shaft. Dont know how long you have had the car but if its not been yours from new the shafts could have been replaced before and they didnt change the oil seal.

Hi matt it will be the oil seal as Tarquin says, they are a bit tight to fit, just use old seal other way round and a socket that fits inside it. Put a smear of grade on land on driveshaft when refitting. Let me know if your vibration has gone

Thanks for the replies, guys. Unfortunately, I wont be able to get at it for a while now. I was coming out of the shed with a handful of tools yesterday and missed the step, fell over and fractured my ankle! Bloody Croma not only hurting my wallet, it's now trying to kill me!

Luck of the Irish-- my ar*e

Well, I'm a thorough breed Yorkshireman, so I'd say it's karma biting me in the ass for leaving gods county!

tarquin1867 said:

According to my Fiat training manual both the 120-8v & 150-16v use the same gearbox-M32. No mention of the M40 anywhere!!
The 16v autobox is the same as the one on the2.4auto, Aisin AF40-6.
As the book was produced for the launch in 2005 there may be later upgrades not covered but I would doubt it was imported for long enough.
Searches on Eurocarparts show that for the Vectra they quote "for M32 and not for M32". Needless to say the not for M32 are half the price of the "for M32" which also have a deposit cost for return of the old shaft for refurb.
I reckon that Vauxhall have uprated the gearbox to the M40 on the Vectra 150BHP while Fiat didnt bother with our imported models.
This begs the question - what have they done with the european facelift model as regards driveshafts/ gearbox?
I await with bated breath:devil:

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European facelift driveshafts improved. Nope. Both had to be replaced. One under warranty, the next had a reconditioned one. Since then no problems. All very reliable in fact. Currently on 135,000km (84,000ml) since purchased new in May 2008. However, Italian MOT coming up next week. Fingers crossed!

Three people who I would like to take outside and give them a stiff talking to are,

1)- The man who keeps cold calling me insisting I need a new boiler (even at 2230!!!)
2)- The man who stands at a garage with a clip board and "tuts"- "it`ll cost yer"
3) - The pi**ock who designed the drive shaft for the Croma

We keep almost reaching a conclusion here - has anyone tried a Vectra driveshaft on a 1.9D 16v (6-speed gearbox), or does anyone know the VX part number to get the right one?

I can't be bothered mucking about with mine any more - I want to get a brand new VX one, get it bolted on and forget about it.

Mine's still limping along. Last week I washed the wheels and noticed the front right wheel was greasy. Took it to the garage this week - sure enough it had spewed its grease out of its stupid little bag.

Doofer said:

We keep almost reaching a conclusion here - has anyone tried a Vectra driveshaft on a 1.9D 16v (6-speed gearbox), or does anyone know the VX part number to get the right one?

I can't be bothered mucking about with mine any more - I want to get a brand new VX one, get it bolted on and forget about it.

Mine's still limping along. Last week I washed the wheels and noticed the front right wheel was greasy. Took it to the garage this week - sure enough it had spewed its grease out of its stupid little bag.

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I've had the VX one sat in my shed for a few weeks now. Haven't had access to a lift to get it in.
On a different note, I now need new shocks up front and ARB links all round. She's also starting to get slow to start. New glow plugs me thinks...

Fair enough - if you were a couple of hundred miles nearer without a lump of sea in the middle I'd give you a hand.

Is yours a 16v - if so then which driveshaft did you buy?

I don't want to derail the thread, but have you checked the battery voltage, while cranking?

Mine's the 1.9D MJet 120bhp.... This is the one I bought: http://www.ebay.ie/itm/291095240895...l?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=291095240895&_rdc=1

The slow starting depends on how warm it is outside, that was thinking behind the glow plugs. She turns quick enough anyway.

hi chris, based in preston, need the drivers shaft doing, you get my way?

Hi. Thanks to this thread I have just done my O/S drive shaft using a second hand vectra part bought from eBay. Never felt so good to not have the feeling of being sat on the spin cycle. Thanks to chris and everyone who has had input on this topic.
Buyer beware you want the M32 not F40 shaft.
Only set me back 30 quid and feels like new. Well feels like second hand but not broken.
Cheers

Must thank all the guys on here for their advice, especially Chris T. Just had my driveshafts replaced with set from a scrap vectra. Local garage did job for £70, parts cost £55 from eBay. The shake which started at 40 MPH when accelerating has now gone. Great fix.

I have an 07 croma 1.9D 150bhp AUTO, what vectra shafts do i need?

Is it the m32 120bhp shafts still?

Cheers

Just to say, i own a Croma 150bhp and have a wobble problem and its been a nightmare, had a refurbished driveshaft or part of done and it failed after 50 miles. The bearing fell apart, bought a Vectra C M32 driveshaft and it was completely different and couldn't be fitted.

Hi Jaffacake I have nursed our cromas drive shaft along for some time but this summer I hope to change it for a vectra one.I thought I had settled on the correct
one for our 150 there are some wrongly identified I think on ebay just to confuse things but am pretty shure the photos illustrate .

jaffacake1966 said:

bought a Vectra C M32 driveshaft and it was completely different and couldn't be fitted.

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Did you look at it or did garage say it could not be fitted? Apart from a possible different bolt length on the center support, the Vauxhaul M32 shaft should fit. Some garages don't like fitting "different" parts.

Hi, i have had my Croma for two trouble free years but last November started to wobble upon acceleration. It went into the garage where a shock absorber and tie rod were changed which did need doing but the wobble persisted and was due to go in after Christmas. I decided to wait until March when the MOT was due as i thought more issues would crop up. It did fail the MOT on both inner gaiters and i asked the mechanic to check the driveshaft at the time ( different garage to the one previous ). The spider bearing had collapsed so was given a choice of a Fiat dealer part £355 or refurbed one at £243 fitted. I settled on the refurbed one but only found out today that only the spider bearing end was refurbed and not the hex/pod. It lasted 50 miles and then again the bearing had collapsed, it was even worse than the first time. I ordered a Vectra C M32 driveshaft off ebay as a back up just in case after reading various posts on here and it came the next day. I took it down and got a phone call saying it was different and went down and saw both of them side by side. The sump bracket was different, the overall length was different and the shaft length between the joints was longer on the Vectra. Anyway the garage loaded excuses at me, dont think they knew what to do next unless major money is spent. I dont think i will see any of the £243 already paid as they said the refurb company will say it failed becuase the hex/pod is worn. I didnt have much choice so i told them to refit driveshaft and drove it to a reputable garage who will be looking at it. I noticed the Vectra Auto has a similar hex pod to the Croma but who knows which one will fit my Croma. Anyhow it is out of my hands now, just looking forward to a massive bill

Hi, like you i checked various driveshafts and thought i had ordered the correct one but looking at the Croma one , it has a more stubby shaft between the joints. Obviously its not as easy as expected