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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Dave_IOW on 14 September 2012, 19:52
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So, what driveshafts do I use?
Will 02J ones work, or do I need the 02A ones and fit the 02A cups to the 02J box?
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You answered your own question. Bolt in cups only.
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You answered your own question. Bolt in cups only.
Sure of that?
Got any examples where people have tried it? Driveshaft length to illustrate?
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use mk3 gti shafts, mk4 fits on passenger side but is too long on drivers side
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Have you tried the stronger Golf4 shafts then Braddy?
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Have you tried the stronger Golf4 shafts then Braddy?
yea i did lol, not so strong after all, well the CV joint is what shattered
now running MK 3 GTI shafts with the 02J box
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02j is same as late 02a. Swap 108mm cups if it has them for 100mm 02a bolt in cups. Job done. As demonstrated on F17 bad. He doubted my advice at first. :rolleyes:
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So is it that the shafts are less strong, or the wrong length, or that someone ran them at an odd angle?
Or is that much analysis too much?
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I think I checked part numbers and nearside is the same.
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So is it that the shafts are less strong, or the wrong length, or that someone ran them at an odd angle?
Or is that much analysis too much?
the shafts on a mk4 weigh less.. so ill let you decide if they are stronger
drivers side mk4 is too long for mk3 or mk2 going widetrack using mk3 subframe
the mk3 ones have been at a odd angle on my car for 5 years with no issues..
maybe my mk4 one was a bad item or the CV joint was worn (we think it was)
Russ i never changed my cups. my old box was a late 02A, it had 100mm the same as 02j .
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Some 02j's have bigger cups
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Some 02j's have bigger cups
no your thinking of the 6 speed 112 mm (is it 02M?)
we fitted those shafts in my dads when we did the 6 speed conversion
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Some o2j do have the bigger cups ,only last week fitted audi a3 box to mates bam engined mk1,had to change the cups for o2a ones which are smaller.
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Some o2j do have the bigger cups ,only last week fitted audi a3 box to mates bam engined mk1,had to change the cups for o2a ones which are smaller.
quattro box are different yeah, bigger
i was on about the normal boxes and not the Quattro type..
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No mate not quattro, fwd same as mk4 box :smiley:
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were they the 108 mm on the audi box then ?
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Im not sure what size they were tbh, they were bigger than the cups i took off the o2a ,will have a measure when at work tommorrow bud ,youll have to excuse my ignorance as im only just getting into all this
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we are breaking a A3 at the moment too you see and that has bigger cups.. but it is a quattro car
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Some have 108mm tripod type. Not just quattro
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The T Shirt knows :evil:
rebel with a cause :grin:
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So there is a chance that mk3 shafts will fit straight onto my 02J?
T-Shirt, when your on about tripod, what exactly do you mean? The CV joints on mine are the tripod style, as opposed to the cylindrical type ones? This mean I will have the bigger cups?
Thanks for the replies aswell :smiley:
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The T Shirt knows :evil:
rebel with a cause :grin:
You know. :grin:
So there is a chance that mk3 shafts will fit straight onto my 02J?
T-Shirt, when your on about tripod, what exactly do you mean? The CV joints on mine are the tripod style, as opposed to the cylindrical type ones? This mean I will have the bigger cups?
Thanks for the replies aswell :smiley:
Tripod refers to the 3 arms that connect to the driveshaft inside CV joint. Iirc they are the o rs with the bolts on tabs around the edge of the cv joint.
If you have this type, you have to remove the by undoing the 6mm Allen key in the centre of the cup and replace with late 02A 100mm cups. Then the mk3 shafts will bolt up to the cups correctly.