BMW M135i; Clio 172
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Cheap temporary gearbox oil
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PH2 172
While your at it, make sure the tripod is not moving about in the diff, and put it in 1st with engine running to check the shaft is straight.
Please throw a wheel under the car as a failsafe in the event it falls off the axle stand or jack.
PH2 172
I know what you mean, but Dan & Mark had theirs well over a year ago, & this is probably a different batch, possibly even a change of supplier.
Either would have commented if something was not right.
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Twice
Sorry just being a forum idiot lol..
Potentially STEVE, mine were in late 2016 but then again it could be down to everyone's different setups. I have some new engine mounts to fit soon so it will be interesting to see if mine starts playing up. I have the original shafts sat in the garage which I'll probably get rebuilt if it came to it, but no dramas with both J&R's for me at the moment.
Potentially STEVE, mine were in late 2016 but then again it could be down to everyone's different setups. I have some new engine mounts to fit soon so it will be interesting to see if mine starts playing up. I have the original shafts sat in the garage which I'll probably get rebuilt if it came to it, but no dramas with both J&R's for me at the moment.
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Who else supplies them.
BMW M135i; Clio 172
Do you mean where else can they be bought? There's the option of Shaftec I believe, RPD & KTEC? Don't know who manufactures them though, or if they're any better. I'd welcome some recommendations
.LOL!
(Perhaps they should test them on a car at 40 - 70 mph? :wink
BMW M135i; Clio 172
Just to update this thread.....
I cleaned up the old shaft, bought a cheap boot kit from ECP, whacked it all back together, took it for a drive and the difference is shocking, it’s so smooth, no wobbles/vibrations, nothing, it’s mint! And that’s without the balancing weight that I took off because the rubber had perished and it had slipped out of position. I didn’t realise how bad the J&R shaft was.
The J&R shaft was so reasonable in price so I bought a new one because I was worried just changing the boot would be a nightmare, and also I was afraid I’d find the old shaft shagged and be left with the car off the road whilst I waited for a new one to arrive (it’s not even a daily, just didn’t want it hanging around the drive up on stands :nomouth. As it happens I was able to swap the shaft over in just a couple of hours - most of that time I’m fussing around jacking he car up, making it secure, draining and refilling the oil ensive:.
Anyhow, thanks for everyone’s help and advice, much appreciated :up:.
I cleaned up the old shaft, bought a cheap boot kit from ECP, whacked it all back together, took it for a drive and the difference is shocking, it’s so smooth, no wobbles/vibrations, nothing, it’s mint! And that’s without the balancing weight that I took off because the rubber had perished and it had slipped out of position. I didn’t realise how bad the J&R shaft was.
The J&R shaft was so reasonable in price so I bought a new one because I was worried just changing the boot would be a nightmare, and also I was afraid I’d find the old shaft shagged and be left with the car off the road whilst I waited for a new one to arrive (it’s not even a daily, just didn’t want it hanging around the drive up on stands :nomouth
. As it happens I was able to swap the shaft over in just a couple of hours - most of that time I’m fussing around jacking he car up, making it secure, draining and refilling the oil ensive:.Anyhow, thanks for everyone’s help and advice, much appreciated :up:.
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Great stuff indeed
BMW M135i; Clio 172
No, I bought it originally because it was cheap, and to ensure I could put my car back together in one hit. Didn’t work out that way :smile:.
Perhaps they’re gonna surprise you with a refund instead 🙈.
406 V6, Race Buggy
Gear 8 is decent oil - leave it in.
As for J&R, I have never met a bigger shower of shite in the replacement parts industry in all my years, they supplied me 3(!) sets of calipers with the wrong thread bleed screw fitted - so that as soon as you touched the bleed nipple it took the thread out - they still owe several hundred quid for all the sets returned even with an engineer confirming it, years later.
Their refurbished shafts are a joke too, I got given a pair to fit to my brothers Clio when he had it and they had more play in the joints than the 10 year old OE shafts on there did. I rebuilt the OE ones with new boots and he returned them.
How the hell they haven't been taken out of business yet by HSE I don't know.
As for J&R, I have never met a bigger shower of shite in the replacement parts industry in all my years, they supplied me 3(!) sets of calipers with the wrong thread bleed screw fitted - so that as soon as you touched the bleed nipple it took the thread out - they still owe several hundred quid for all the sets returned even with an engineer confirming it, years later.
Their refurbished shafts are a joke too, I got given a pair to fit to my brothers Clio when he had it and they had more play in the joints than the 10 year old OE shafts on there did. I rebuilt the OE ones with new boots and he returned them.
How the hell they haven't been taken out of business yet by HSE I don't know.
BMW M135i; Clio 172
Thanks! But sadly it was out of stock, so I put the old stuff back in that I salvaged just to make sure all was ok. I’ve just today got some Redline MTL from Opie Oils, which is a decent price with ‘CLIOSPORT’ discount
.That sounds dangerous, they could of popped out under hard breaking?
