EEK! help needed...

[True Original]

while changin the lower front suspention ball joint on my RSi [95/m] I poped the driveshaft out...

ok, all back together but lost alot, if not all the oil that was in there... where do i fill this up and with what?

thanks guys....

 

[The Fatty]

when you say 'there' am guessing you mean the gearbox? if so, this dosnt sound right....if you lost oil, your tripod boot must be split, or you took that whole bit apart?! the tripod joint wont just pop out....it will slide in/out but the boot should stop it coming all the way out. i take it you mean the left had side yeah? else the right hand side is a sun wheel joint, that shouldnt be able to pop out at all! lol.

oh, and you fill the box up on the front side (hard to get at) with something like 75w90 oil...

 

[True Original]

looking through the haynes manual it would be the gear box oil yeah. it was the left hand side and the rubber gator, that didnt split it came off the end, thats why it slid out.

according to the loverly haynes manual i have to jack up the car, but keep it level to fill up the gear box? sounds like alot of hastle! anyone got a bit of a pic of where to pour the oil in?

 

[The Fatty]

you dont have to jack up car....thats only to drain old oil out. the fill plug is on the front of the gearbox, on the left side of the car.

 

[True Original]

sweet, I'll get the oil from halfords tomorrow and take a look... just need to find out how much i need now...