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YOU DONT NEED TO DRAIN THE OIL FOR THE DRIVERS SIDE DRIVESHAFT!
I'm 100% that is what the problem is, you only need to drain the box for the other side!
I'm hoping! Just split up with the missus yesterday too and her dad was going to be spraying the outside, I know I should of waited to finish with her but that would of been wrong lol! Just could do with it back now to tidy it up and getting it looking good!
Well little update is in order I suppose.
The cambelt slipped, causing the exhaust valves to hit and crack the pistons. The lad who done the cambelt has accepted responsibility of not doing the bottom pulley up as tight as it should of been. So the car got put on a trailer and taken away to...
Its fairly easy just a little time consuming.
First off jack the whole front of the car up and remove both wheels. Undo the two bolts either side that hold the ball joints on. Then you've got 2x16 and 2x18mm bolts underneath in kind of the four corners of the engine bay. Then the gearbox...
Power delivery is very good, no wheels spin in decent conditions as the power is very linear! Most points haver been covered in the numerous other SC threads....
Yea they are all around that figure with 200 lb/ft
Yea but you can have 5 fubard ones in the price of a brand new!
No drivers side you don't need to drain the oil, only if you playing with the passenger side of the gearbox.
Only that side can do it so its definitley that side, if the other side done it it would send the splines into your...
Yes lol! The standard renault frames though I don't think have anything that close that run from one side of the slider to the other, fairly sure there just on the sides!
Nope, only the NS driveshaft is becuase you have to drain the gearbox!
Yea mine died properly once when hitting a s**t road, happened twice to me now!
Pick up a second hand driveshaft for £30
Too low or too much negative camber worsens it but you should be ok if not going silly! Its probably just one of the bearings come off, I tracked mine like it and drove it for couple months too as I didn't know what teh f**k it was and nobody knew! I would get it checked ASAP though.
Easy job...