drive shaft problems

[tscotty81]

as the tittle says im havin some serious drive shaft problems. i have had 3 in the past 11 months which is an absolute joke! iv spoken to the odd mechanic and have been told that i may need a shorter drive shaft as the car is quite low on coilovers.

does any one know what i can do to solve this problem properly?

cheers
tom

 

[Da]

Raise the car?

 

[172Ben]

drivers side?

 

[st3ve]

Running much camber?

 

[sideways danny]

using the correct genuine shaft for the car? there's 5 different shafts for each side available depending on the specifics of the vehicle

 

[Curtis!]

What about the driveshaft is actually breaking though?

 

[Tony Hunter]

More info needed I'm afraid.

 

[tscotty81]

the drivers side drive shaft keeps collapsing in the middle. does that help?

 

[tscotty81]

nope not at all

 

[tscotty81]

no not at all

 

[tscotty81]

sorry about tht i was trying to reply to what st3ve sed about the camber.

 

[Tony Hunter]

Is it a two piece drive shaft then?

 

[sideways danny]

the drivers side drive shaft keeps collapsing in the middle. does that help?

are you using a genuine shaft? there are 3 different versions of the 2 piece shaft, 172 ph2, 182, and 182 cup/cup pack. All are different lengths.

Non-genuine shafts only cover one of these lengths, and run the boot on the outside of the joint, which causes it to rub on the block. Split boot = grease leaking out = collapsed CV joint

 

[tscotty81]

ahhhhh i see. cheers danny that really helps. i didnt realise there was tht many different shafts. tht would also explain why the cv is constantly going lol.

thnx for your help guys