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    would one of them 3 bolts being loose cause a leak the opposite end where the driveshaft goes into the gaiter then??
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    Quote Originally Posted by FATBOY View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wobba View Post

    Remember the force of gravity. Makes stuff go down.
    Doesn't make it go sideways though does it

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

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    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..
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by northy View Post
    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

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

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    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.


 

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