Okay guys
You know I'm working on the U12 currently and making progress. The LCA bushes have now been done on both sides as well as bushes for the sway bar links which I feel pleased about.
When doing my left front LCA I unbolted the CV from the control arm originally and moved the brake disc so I could unbolt and manouvere bits and pieces to get the LCA arms off. Well.........................
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I started to put back on the LCA on the passenger side and noticed that the CV shaft had a lot of play. I was like, this is a bit strange because normally the CV shaft is bolted to the hub. So how can it come off. Has it snapped off??
I had my doubts about the shaft snapping off from the hub as the CV shafts have been custom units for the SR20DET swap. However here is an issue I realised.
The guys that did the custom CV shaft, whoever they are I think made it to short. The shaft goes into the spline no problem and I have pushed it in enough till I get no movement. However when I put the shaft in the hub end the universal joint in the coupling comes out. I managed to push it in but I could not go all the way without the shaft being removed from the spindle teeth in the hub.
See the photo's below (hopefully Pedro you can see these). Is the shaft too small or will it be okay??? Don't know what a custom CV shaft costs to make.
See the green line, this is obviously the coupling (this is the correct term for it?) and the shaft joints sticking slightly out.
As the coupling is quite big I would have thought it would sit further in. One of the ball bearings sits inside whilst the other two sit partly outside.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK