driveshaft

[GolfGTI8v]

hi

whats the point of the rubber ring on the driverside driveshaft?? reason i ask is its fouling my oil return and i want to cut it off,  but whats it there for?  balancing?  can this just be removed?


Thanks

andrew

[thai-wronghorse]

it's a balancing weight / vibration damper.

[GolfGTI8v]

thanks

Do you know if i can get away with running without it? 

also what is the lead weight that sits next to the drive shaft and is held on  by two bolts and does nothing but ad weight???

[AudiA8Quattro]

Sits on the subframe, that's the steering damper weight.
I would leave it all on, removing it won't make any difference weight wise.

[GolfGTI8v]

nice one,

so i need to take my shinny new oil return off and get one custom made to avoid it fouling the drive shaft balancing rubber   

[Dan_GTi8v]

what does the steering damper weight thing actually do? I look mine off when doing my conversion and cant really be arsed jacking it up again just to put that back on 

[Wayne]

what does the steering damper weight thing actually do? I look mine off when doing my conversion and cant really be arsed jacking it up again just to put that back on 

All helps with vibration, better to have it fitted tbh 

[Dan_GTi8v]

ok cheers its currently in my pile of bits that got taken off and couldnt remember where they went or couldnt be bothered putting back on I'll add it to my increasingly long list of things to do

[GolfGTI8v]

just as an update for anyone that cares or may come accross this issue of the driveshaft vibration damper being in the way of the oil return for 1.8t converstion! 

I cut mine off and after many miles its made 0 difference 

i also left off the steering damper weight again 0 difference  that ive have noticed