drive shaft re-conditioning

[tiddy1]

Where is the best place to re- con CV joints for de-deion rear ends, are they just standard seirrer or have caterham tweeked them, what is the cost??

 

Simon

[Peter T]

They are standard sierra cv joints, only the shafts are Caterham 'Special '

 

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[Rob Walker]

Simon are the joints worn??? If its just the rubber gaitors replace them yourself a kit is available from Ford at about £8 I have done a few. If its the joints I wish you luck in tracking down replacements Ford no longer sell the Seirra CV joints as separate. Your best bet is a secondhand joint from a scrap yard. CC gets the drive shafts made up by GKN driveline but they will not deal directly with Joe Public.

[tiddy1]

The rubbers are fine I was just thinking that there was excessive play in them, what is considered normal. i.e how much can you twist the wheel whilst holding the drive shaft still.

 

I reckon I can do about 30 deg, seems a lot to me,

 

Simon

[Rob Walker]

There should be no play in the two tripod joints on each shaft. I can`t believe you can feel 30Degrees, is this not backlash within the diff??????. The only definative way to feel for wear is to withdraw a shaft and feel for play holding each end of the shaft. I would be very surprised if you can feel any wear.

[shn7]

So picking this up a bit late given that I'm now in need of a joint re-con has anoyone else any ideas on where/how to get a driveshaft joint re-conditioned?

 

Steve (trying to avoid having to spend even more money with CC part dept. - nothing personal if you read this Darren).

[CageyH]

Are there any special tools required to change the CV boots?

Any new parts required (other than the boots?).

 

I am going to haveto do this soon.

[Tony Whitley]

To do it with the "proper" Ford parts you need a (three-legged) puller to remove the joint. Or you can do it the easy way with a Duraboot

 

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