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charlie-oakley 28th June 2009 14:12

drive shaft / wheel bearing problem
 
hi i have a mk 1 saxo about a month ago my drive shaft went so i took it off and got a new 1.
the one the car parts supplyer sold me snaped as soon as i moved the car so i took it back off and went back again thay then got my old shaft and messured it against others to get the right one turns out its a mk2 drive shaft in a mk1 saxo but the problem is my car keep chewing wheel bearings in the same side as the new shaft it has had 4 in it now 2 used (whole legs) 2 new any ideas.......

Mr_P 28th June 2009 14:25

What wheel bearings are you using? Cheap bearings are notable for not lasting.

Make sure you have got the correct driveshaft and bearing or the bearing won't last two minutes. I can't remember when they changed over off the top of my head but I think it was January 99 when the later shafts and bearings were used.

Careful you're not overtightening the hubnut and causing unessacary stress to the bearing.

Only other thing I can suggest is getting your suspension checked out to make sure nothing else is damaged which will be putting stress on those componenets.

charlie-oakley 28th June 2009 17:49

im buying parts for my car through the reg wich is 98 but the drive shaft thay have suplyed me i for a mk 2 like 99 up and everythink eles is 99 down could the drive shaft be nackering the bearing because whats happening is the baring is being sort of like pushed out to cause movment and then obvisoly killing the bearing

raunchz 28th June 2009 17:55

there is two types of driveshaft ends/wheel bearings.

tapered and non-tapered.

If you fit a different shaft to wheel bearing you'll go through wheel bearings very quickly - check the end of your old shaft against the new one, make sure it's the same.

Lozza_vtr 28th June 2009 18:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by raunchz (Post 3451493)
there is two types of driveshaft ends/wheel bearings.

tapered and non-tapered.

If you fit a different shaft to wheel bearing you'll go through wheel bearings very quickly - check the end of your old shaft against the new one, make sure it's the same.

Exactly.

Will use my little drawing i done a while back, i know its rubbish. lol.



Change over was around 2001 onwards, when they changed to tapered.

Mr_P 28th June 2009 19:01

Changover was 1999.


Don't count on them ordering by reg plate mate. They did that for my shafts and I ended up with the wrong ones.


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