Well, I found out what the bone shaking vibration was....

[Gray]

I'll let the pictures do the talking....


hhhmmm, what "isn't" there?

Oh there it is....

Fitted a replacement shaft this afternoon, I love working outside in 1" of snow and -2 degrees :dead::dead::dead::dead::dead:

 

[mini-valver]

Done well there sir!. Easy fix though, get another shaft whcih is fucked (anything will do, very rare the inner goes!) and take the circlip off the end, knock the tri-ball off, new one on, sorted. Spare shaft

 

[Gray]

yeah I am surprised the inner has gone TBH...It literally dropped to bits when I pulled it out the differential

 

[Whiteley]

Is the tri-bearing thing the same as the n/s shaft? I have a few spares if so.

 

[Gray]

I got a service exchange shaft... So got to return the old one.

 

[mini-valver]

TBH, I'm not sure, I "think" the N/S is bigger but not 100%

 

[Christopher]

LOL! Good effort.

 

[SBV116]

ha ha! Nothing like doing it properly!

 

[Aluco]

Good work

I swapped my back wheels with my fronts to get more tread on the driving wheels in the snow. f**k me its horrible working on cars in this weather.

 

[jaysjetski]

mine did this. near side aswell. got a new one from renault £135 after exchange/surcharge.

all fun and games

 

[Gray]

yeah Renault exchange are not bad price wise, even better on "trade"

 

[Dave..]

Does this mean that my car isn't the only one to break regularly?!

 

[bmh.01]

Or is broken regularly?

 

[Gray]

Well in 28 months of ownership this drive shaft, a broken bolt and flat battery are the only things that have broken....

I think!

 

[Alastair.]

bloody hell

 

[MarcoB]

Thats what happens if its slammed

 

[Gray]

Thats what happens if its slammed

LOL!

 

[Hutchie]

Thats what happens if its slammed

indeed -Karl- chews them.

whole car will move side to side circa 6 inch when accelerating. its horrible. lift your car 10mm


or convert to the ph1 OS shaft

 

[pip.]

Jeez! I've never seen one that bad.

 

[Liam@redmonkey]

Gray- what was your car actually doing? Because mine shakes like a feck above 65ish and it definately aint the tracking

 

[Liam@redmonkey]

feels like its trying to shake side to side aswell!!

 

[Gray]

any more then 1/4 throttle and any speed over 50mph the car would shake and pull around violently... literally the whole car vibrating!

 

[Gray]

I would get the car jacked up and check your shafts out ASAP if the symptoms sound similar...

 

[jaysjetski]

any more then 1/4 throttle and any speed over 50mph the car would shake and pull around violently... literally the whole car vibrating!

mine was the acting the same as above before i changed it!!!!!!

 

[pip.]

any more then 1/4 throttle and any speed over 50mph the car would shake and pull around violently... literally the whole car vibrating!

That sounds like fun tbh.

 

[Gray]

That sounds like fun tbh.

It was awesome!

 

[markblack172]

You cheated and had a heater on

 

[Liam@redmonkey]

Looks like i have that problem but only seems to do it above 65 ish great!!!!

Will it be obvious?/ Its going into JMS shortly soon for coilovers anyway

 

[Liam@redmonkey]

Looks like i have that problem but only seems to do it above 65 ish great!!!!

Will it be obvious?/ Its going into JMS shortly soon for coilovers anyway

 

[DannyR]

Yes! I'm glad this happened to someone else, mines does this twice now and could never find out what the problem was!

 

[Liam@redmonkey]

So we all got shagged drive shafts???

 

[DannyR]

Yes lol!

 

[Gray]

As the shaft / bearing ultimatly wears more and more... The vibrating and shaking will get worse.. Mine was hardly noticeable, then 300 miles later it was unbareable!

If you concerned I would check it out asap guys!

 

[Liam@redmonkey]

I ll get james to check mine out when he fits the coilovers, as my rear shocks have gone aswell, woo hooo!!!!

 

[Sym0n]

Pfft anything I do you pair have to try and do better. :rasp:

 

[DMS]

Anyone with a Ph2 had this problem or is it just limited to Ph1's ?

 

[Gray]

Anyone with a Ph2 had this problem or is it just limited to Ph1's ?

could be any model... Simply the driveshaft worn and of a component has failed.

 

[DMS]

Ah. I just noticed that everyone in this thread who's had the problem is driving a Ph1. I thought it may only affect the "older" variants

 

[MarcoB]

It affects most cars, check the angle off your driveshaft. When they go fucked it no fun because the car shakes like f**k and the noise is horrendous. Lowering it on coils wont make any difference. If its lowered they will go fucked sooner or later.

 

[cliosportcraig]

Exactly, the car is too low and the CV joint is working overtime with the ridiculous angles. Get the car so the wishbones and driveshafts are horizontal and they'll last a lot longer