inner drive shaft gaiter woes....

[FATBOY]

had a split on the passenger side inner driveshaft gaiter and had new one fitted and now leaking again... the old one had a split in the rubber but now got the car over the pit and its leaking past the jubilee clip thing.. how do you tighten them clips?

[16v_paddy]

You need to find out if it's leaking from the gaitor or from the middle of the bearing part of it - not going to be an easy task I know

The clips can't really be tightened as they're usually a single use clamp type thing similar to how the fuel hoses are clamped onto the rail

[FATBOY]

bugger!! will let my mechanic sort it i guess.... should these leak from new? or badly fitted?

[16v_paddy]

Shouldn't leak at all :lol:

Could be a faulty part, badly fitted or both, bottom of the pic shows how it all goes together

http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq165/16v_paddy/2012/Dialogys%20pics/Driveshaft_zpse437b75f.png

[FATBOY]

I need a copy of them dialogys.. I'm sure there was a link on here?

[Sean]

I need a copy of them dialogys.. I'm sure there was a link on here?
Try this:
http://tinyurl.com/hwuhf84

[Vandella]

i have copies of dialogys, all models from start of this year and back.. £20 - 6 discs posted to ur door... bear in mind that I'm only charging for the discs and my time.. NOT the software.. or just use the links that Sean provided I think this is slightly limited though..

[FATBOY]

Many thanks ☺

[FATBOY]

Looking like the bearing is at fault? Is sending the faulty part back an option??? Surely not wear and tear after 2 months?? And I've hardly done any mileage?

[Wobba]

Ok, there are three 10mm bolts that clamp the metal tripod down on top of the gaitor. This is where they are more likely to leak as they are not screwed down enough. The trouble I had was the inner threads in the gearbox were slightly threaded BUT the thread goes into the box further than the bolts do, so I just used a slightly longer bolt and job done :)

It is easy to check if they are screwed in hard enough. Ratchet spanner and a couple of extension bars and a 10mm socket and lightly torque them to see if loose. If one has threaded you can tell as it wont tighten, so use the longer bolt option as mentioned above.

This has happened to others as well, no biggie ;)

[FATBOY]

would one of them 3 bolts being loose cause a leak the opposite end where the driveshaft goes into the gaiter then??

[Wobba]

would one of them 3 bolts being loose cause a leak the opposite end where the driveshaft goes into the gaiter then??

Any of them being loose would, yes.

Remember the force of gravity. Makes stuff go down.

You did say inner gaiter?

If you mean where the gaiter meets the inner shaft...reclamp it with a proper tool, like 16v_PADDY.

[16v_paddy]

Remember the force of gravity. Makes stuff go down.


Doesn't make it go sideways though does it :winkey:

[northy]

becareful with those bolts on the gearbox. If you strip them you will have to use a helicoil to repair mate

[FATBOY]

well car has been back to be looked at , and ive been told i need a new driveshaft as its worn, and fluid getting past bearing, has this been known to happen???... just gets better and better..

[northy]

not sure what you mean when you say bearing.

You have a wheel bearing in the hub, and on the drive shafts you have Constant Velocity joints and in the case of the gearbox output a tripod joint.

If they are leaking past the seal onto the actual shaft then you could get away with new rubber boots and clips.

[16v_paddy]

not sure what you mean when you say bearing.

He means the bearing that goes in the end of the inner gaiter, you can see it in the pic from dialogys I posted above. The gaiter doesn't move & the shaft rotates inside it and for it to be able to do that, the shaft goes through a bearing :winkey:

[northy]

Arh now i know what he means.

http://williamsclio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?20990-Gearbox-to-Driveshaft-gaiter-change-%2Apassenger-near-side%2A

[16v_paddy]

Arh now i know what he means.

http://williamsclio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?20990-Gearbox-to-Driveshaft-gaiter-change-%2Apassenger-near-side%2A

Bugger! I appear to have been dropped back down to pikey status :lol:

[northy]

Haha no worries. I did wonder how best to reply to your winkey lol

Your too used to needing those kind of comments on your facebook feeds - non of that needed here pal.

[andreas395]

I seem to be losing a little oil out of both sides. What kind of seal has the other side got? Is it a rubber washer type?

[Vandella]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Renault-Clio-JC5-Gearbox-Oil-Seal-Set-/112445643581

[andreas395]

Thanks I already have the big seal do I need the the other 2?

[andreas395]

Drivers side sorted now :) just waiting for a new gator kit for the nearside from Rpd and I can wack that on.