Hi All,
does anyone know whether the drive shaft splines wear at approximately the same rate as the splines in the cast joiner? ie. is the joiner 'thingee' a somewhat sacrificial part compared to the drive shaft?
My 500 has noticeable clonky drive take-up which is also evident when you rotate the shaft relative to the joint. I have a new set of joiners which I decided to fit, hoping that might de-clonk it. To cut a long story short, jacked the car up, dismantled the wheel ends of the drive shafts, greased the new joints and discovered they were the skinny shaft ones. @*#+!@#*!!!! As they say, reassembly is reversal of the dismantling.
So back to the original enquiry. If it's clonking does it mean shafts and joints?
Regards
Viv
does anyone know whether the drive shaft splines wear at approximately the same rate as the splines in the cast joiner? ie. is the joiner 'thingee' a somewhat sacrificial part compared to the drive shaft?
My 500 has noticeable clonky drive take-up which is also evident when you rotate the shaft relative to the joint. I have a new set of joiners which I decided to fit, hoping that might de-clonk it. To cut a long story short, jacked the car up, dismantled the wheel ends of the drive shafts, greased the new joints and discovered they were the skinny shaft ones. @*#+!@#*!!!! As they say, reassembly is reversal of the dismantling.
So back to the original enquiry. If it's clonking does it mean shafts and joints?
Regards
Viv