Hi folks,
Have just tried fitting a pair of driveshafts to my 1.5D AX...
For info, you can get the flat or tapered hub flange according to AX owners, depends on year/spec/what was on the shelf....
My local car spares place gave me a pair of new shafts which should be right for the car
Drivers side (longer of the 2 shafts) fitted fine, the one I took out has a square (not tapered) end.
Passenger side is too short (by about 2"), when fitted the end of the new shaft is flush with the hub - so no threads stick out to fit hub nut.
The only longer shaft my shop can find looks the right length but...
it has a tapered end for the hub (but the side I've already fitted isn't tapered)
is not "paired" in the catlogue with the one I fitted, so I have "normal" on one side and "oddball" on the other (is this usual?)
Could it be somebody (one of the previous owners??) has fitted a scrapyard "taper" hub and shaft, possibly to fix crash damage or to save buying new parts???
yours, confusedly
;D
Have just tried fitting a pair of driveshafts to my 1.5D AX...
For info, you can get the flat or tapered hub flange according to AX owners, depends on year/spec/what was on the shelf....
My local car spares place gave me a pair of new shafts which should be right for the car
Drivers side (longer of the 2 shafts) fitted fine, the one I took out has a square (not tapered) end.
Passenger side is too short (by about 2"), when fitted the end of the new shaft is flush with the hub - so no threads stick out to fit hub nut.
The only longer shaft my shop can find looks the right length but...
it has a tapered end for the hub (but the side I've already fitted isn't tapered)
is not "paired" in the catlogue with the one I fitted, so I have "normal" on one side and "oddball" on the other (is this usual?)
Could it be somebody (one of the previous owners??) has fitted a scrapyard "taper" hub and shaft, possibly to fix crash damage or to save buying new parts???
yours, confusedly
;D
