drive shaft

[!sean172!]

need sum identifying help please...
bought a couple of driveshafts off a member from here (p0rty) nice genuine guy....upon arrival ive checked it up against another 1 i had in the garage and they look a bit different....

can anyone tell me if it will fit please ....

my original one is the one below

Untitled by seanyboii, on Flickr

 

[mr.pink87]

Top one is a ph1 172 shaft. Bottom one is a ph2 172 or 182 shaft with intermediate bearing (has a bracket bolted to the rear of the block).

Edit: If they are the same length, you can use the upper item. Need to remove the bracket on the rear of the block though.

 

[!sean172!]

Ta m8 ye the bottom one is a ph2 172 shaft ,,,
The shaft at the hub end appears to be the same, but the rest of it seems a bit longer. But u can push the other end to make it the same as the other... Do u reckon it would work?

 

[mr.pink87]

Will work i guess. Drop it in and have a look.

 

[MG cup]

Top one could be a 172 cup shaft as well, looks the same as mine.

Bottom shaft will have to be longer really as it has to travel further with the intermediate bearing that bolts to the block, very small difference though. I know its possible to switch 172 cup shafts for the two piece one at the bottom, slight improvement for torque steer in theory.

 

[!sean172!]

got them in today and seems fine ....luckily the passengers side was the same as would of been fooked ,,but still hasnt the b*****d clunking noise i had,am going back to top mounts now to see if that will help,,,

 

[MG cup]

So which shafts did you fit in the end?

Driveshafts cause "clunking" when there too long/short

 

[mr.pink87]

Can't be cup shafts as the ones on the picture have ABS-rings.

 

[MG cup]

Some cup shafts come with abs rings I have been told, both mine have rings and I measured there the correct length as I'm looking for longer shafts if you know of any mr pink?

 

[!sean172!]

So which shafts did you fit in the end?

Driveshafts cause "clunking" when there too long/short

i did both driveshafts m8,,
i had nasty knock noises when turning left and right wich i thought was the steering rack,, but the shafts were knackerd anyway so needed doing,,
but top mounts are still noisy,i must be doing something wrong as theyre new ones on there but the noise is still there

 

[MG cup]

I meant what were the shafts from that you fitted? From what you are describing it still sounds like driveshafts without seeing the car.

There is a mod you can do to the top mounts if you are certain they are knocking which is quite common but I believe it's only on full lock.

Heres the link: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RENAULT-C...rParts_SM&fits=Model:Clio&hash=item1e6c3e61b4

 

[!sean172!]

as said above m8 i think they must be ph1 ,as also said cup ones dont have abs so they wont have the abs rings .u may have different shafts in as the guy i got these off took them out of a cup...when changing them i measured the shafts n they were the same both sides and drives ok