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Offline Mr Blue

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popped driveshaft
« on: 14 June 2005, 20:37 »
my mates mk2 1.6 has a popped driveshaft. he went over a bump and out it popped :laugh:

he warned me about lowering a mk2 on big rims and said its common for the shafts to pop out.

how easy is it to fix and is it common? :rolleyes:
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Offline kniterider

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Re: popped driveshaft
« Reply #1 on: 15 June 2005, 12:59 »
its only one of the cv joints thats gone mate, my old blue 8v popped one, it had been clicking for a day or 2 before it happened... not expensive i think it was about £24 from europarts......

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Re: popped driveshaft
« Reply #2 on: 15 June 2005, 16:28 »
this is popped from the gearbox end  :grin:
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Re: popped driveshaft
« Reply #3 on: 15 June 2005, 16:36 »
bummer!! same job as the easy end........... just i bit more of a pain... lol

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