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Re: The shed, it lives, sort of...

Post by mckeann » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:00 am

it was the pax side, the shorter driveshaft. Mine did it a few times in the first week until the issue was highlighted, then didnt do it for the next 40k miles.

Yes, the circlip i mean is just on the end of the driveshaft, on the splined shaft, that goes into the gearbox. Thats what holds it in the gearbox, and it needed to be slightly bigger due to the cv angles (iirc). Check if the inner cv is fully clicked 'home' first.

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Re: The shed, it lives, sort of...

Post by foz01 » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:04 am

Ok cheers that's the one I suspect it is, have a spare seal in case its been nipped when putting it back in, will pull it apart this week!

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Re: The shed, it lives, sort of...

Post by mckeann » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:15 am

the seal was fine on mine, it was just that when you went over a bump in the road and the suspension unloaded, the driveshaft would pop out but not enough for you to lose drive. It did this in the first week post convertion, stu pollock diagnosed it, sinclaires spoke to the driveshaft manufacturer (GKN??) and the slightly larger diameter circlip was reccomended. Mine never did it again. Maybe give Wayne a call and ask.

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Post by foz01 » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:48 am

That shaft has been fully rebuilt as the outer cv was knackered, will have a looksee and then speak to Wayne as required :)
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Re: The shed, it lives, sort of...

Post by mckeann » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:54 am

foz01 wrote:That shaft has been fully rebuilt
It shouldnt matter if the shaft has been rebuilt, unless you mean it has a new circlip on it?? i.e i dont mean the shaft pulling out of the cv joint, i mean the whole shebang popping out of the gearbox. Apologies if we're talking about the same thing, i'm not the most technical :oops:

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Post by foz01 » Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:01 am

Nah the circlips original, will pull it apart and see what's what :)
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Post by foz01 » Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:14 am

Took this picture tonight before hopefully fixing the gearbox leak :)

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Post by Noops » Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:46 am

Looking :thumbsup
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Post by foz01 » Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:15 pm

Mapped yesterday at Wallace, 308.5 bhp, 220ft/lb lots of wheel spin too!

Feels so much torquier on the road but in these temperatures I ain't given it death yet, if tomorrow's dry will drive it some more :)
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Post by Rosssco » Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:07 pm

Supposed to be dry and above freezing tomo, so no excuse! :D All going well, going to turn the key on mine tomo...
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Post by foz01 » Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:20 pm

Good luck, always a nervous time :p
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Post by mwmackenzie » Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:38 pm

foz01 wrote: lots of wheel spin too!

Feels so much torquier on the road but in these temperatures I ain't given it death yet, if tomorrow's dry will drive it some more :)
That'll be the sh*t tyres I had them on mine and they were utter bollox!
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Re: The shed, it lives, now power mapped :)

Post by foz01 » Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:01 am

I didn't want to shag a set of A048's on the dyno :mrgreen:
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Re: The shed, it lives, now power mapped :)

Post by mikeyb13 » Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:37 pm

Great results. Would love to have a good look at the conversion sometime. Did you convert it yourself ? Ballpark figure on costs?
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Re: The shed, it lives, now power mapped :)

Post by foz01 » Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:47 pm

The full build thread is on here :)

http://www.trackscotland.co.uk/forums/v ... 56&start=0

Costs, I have kept a spreadsheet but I have done loads more over and above the charging though :) its a scary number and I saved a lot importing the charger from the USA :)
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