Scottish Elises

Had a few people ask me about this so took some photos as I was rebuilding them. Pretty sure there will be a few different opinions on this but here goes.

Hoffmans supplied the shorter C.V Boots with Clips and Grease, much shorter than original.



Strip down and clean C.V Joint, May need a puller to remove the bearing carrier from the shaft.



Shorter Gator on First



Re Assemble Bearing Carrier and Circlip



Grease each bearing with high temperature grease then slide onto bearing carrier, Hoffmans supplied the grease with the Gators.



Slide on C.V Joint and clean grooves for gator to ensure it seals. Insert the metal clip and then clamp the c.v joint clips. The metal clip allows the joint to breath rather than building up pressure then spraying grease everywhere (Problem I was Having).

Bet it would not survive the tut gear change method.............

tut

ps Will check out on Monday the best complete offside driveshaft assembly. Does Randy supply one?
Good old P&L.

The outer is an original S1 Elise C.V joint. So as long as the shaft/splines are ok you can simply replace the joint. I believe you can use a Ford Transit C.V joint as it shares the same outer profile but you need a shaft made for that. Not too clued up on that one though Tut, best to speak to one of the installers

If you keep breaking them maybe worth getting ones made for the stronger joint ? or find 4th ....

Alan

Gourlay83 wrote:The outer is an original S1 Elise C.V joint.

In my experience, the original Lotus S1 CV joint is not up to the job. It's not large enough to handle the extra heat generated.

The Ford joint is a much better option and leads to no issues on the CV end at least. Conversely, the S2 CV joints are more than up to the job.

Dan

That makes sense but is it a different profile on the shaft, would you be able to do a staight swap and does the Ford one have the pulse ring for the speedo ?

Cheers
Alan

No, it's not a straight swap and I believe the speedo rings are put on separately. Do Stark use the standard outer joints? I thought they'd copied the Link-Up shafts. :p

Dan

Dan, what is the best source for me to get a complete offside assembly, drive shaft and CV joints, at present?

By best I mean construction not price.

tut

roadboy wrote:No, it's not a straight swap and I believe the speedo rings are put on separately. Do Stark use the standard outer joints? I thought they'd copied the Link-Up shafts. :p

Dan

Original S1 Outers Dan so guess not.

I know a few of the Stark Kit owners and no problems so far ......

Tut, Measure your driveshafts and get drivelink to make you up a set using the stronger joint. That's if your not using AA parts and labour ??

Alan

Try Wayne at Sinclairs Tut. He sells the driveshafts complete.

Alan

Yeah, if you just want to buy a complete shaft then Sinclaire's is probably your best bet.

Geary supplies them to me in parts and I build up my own.

I would make sure you have the Ford outer joint and OEM Honda inner joints. The pattern parts are no good at all for the tripods.

HTH

Dan

Looks like i've no excuse for not trying it myself next time eh....

Thanks Alan
I've just done one of mine after it split and buying holfmanns kit £83 inc Carraige £15 for 6 day delivery? and the dreaded VAT

I was able to source the same boots ~ exact same part number and an extra high temp -29°C (-20°F) to 293°C (560°F) bearing grease too ~ so when I need to do the S/C Car it wont be as sore ££'s wise