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i have an 02 1.2 petrol polo hatchback engine code AZQ i need to change the passenger side drive shaft and would like any hints or tips to go about this, i have bought a new complete driveshaft and also wanted to know what tool do i need to get the torx/splined bolts off at the transmission end of the drive shaft
Any help or tips would be appreciated
cheers
You will need an M8 XZN hex key for the inner CV flange and a 12 point 36-mm socket with a flat face and no chamfer up into the socket as the nut is very low profile. You MUST use a new nut and make sure this is not one with a flat face, it must be convex but flat face ones are sometimes supplied and these are too short, they rip the end of the joint off. I can't remember the nut torque but I think it is 50Nm plus 90 degrees. If you remind me tomorrow I will check.
Thank you Crasher for your help ,i will let you know how i get on once the weather allows to do the job on my drive
i eventually got round to doing this job last Friday spent 2 hrs getting the old driveshaft off and another 2 hrs putting the new one back on so really pleased with myself for a first time effort,the outer cv joint was completely wrecked with the rubber gaiter missing/shredded no wonder i came to a halt all of a sudden and had to be recovered home
Thanks to Crasher i had the right tools and had a Haynes manual already which was a big help, i also read somewhere on this forum to use wd 40 the night before on all the bolts that needed to be undone and they came off really easy.
getting the driveshaft hub nut i used the car wheel nut brace over my socket ratchet handle and tapped it once with a lump hammer and it came loose/ to get the inner driveshaft bolts off i had to wedge a piece of 3 x 2 timber between the brake pedal and front seat to stop the driveshaft spinning when loosening the 6 bolts to the transmission end and also put a pair of mole grips on the lower driveshaft so it wedged on the lower suspension arm as i was working solo and had no one to operate the foot brake
good afternoons work and cost me only £40.00 for the new driveshaft off ebay
Cheers Tony
If you use a wheel bolt with a big nut underneath (the bolt is too long without) to prevent the disc shearing the retaining screw, a decent screwdriver in one of the disc vent holes butted up against the caliper stops the disc rotating.
Thanks Crasher
what size hex/Allen key do i need for the front brake calipers went to change the front pads and did not have the key to fit ,no size stated in Haynes manual and local car parts shop says either 7mm or 8mm
Cheers Tony
Base model 239mm brakes use a cheap (£1) M8 bolt through a sleeve and this has a 6mm hex key fitting, bigger engined models with 256mm discs use an expensive (£20) purpose made sleeve with an M7 thread and use a 7mm hex key.