I drove my 405 diesel today and stopped as it SOUNDED like I had a puncture, but the tyres were OK.
I tested turning tightly in a car park ,and on left turns there was loadish clicking.
This SUGGESTS the right hand shaft needs replacing.
Before I shell out to have repaired, does anyone have OTHER cheaper things to check first please?
Thanks.
Driveshaft clapped??
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by JohnD</i>
It's replaceable - but - you need a very long puller to shift it. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
Not necesarrily. I've changed 2 now with nothing more than 2 hammers.
By placing the driveshaft vertically in a vice, and hitting the outer race of the bearing on both sides at the same time with medium weight hammers, the bearing drops straight off. I know hitting a bearing with a hammer is not good news, but this is the old one, so we don't care about it.
Fitting the new one simply requires a length of steel tube which is a snug fit over the driveshaft, to bear on the inner race of the new bearing.
Getting the shaft out in the first place though.... That's the challenge. If I find one more with an intermediate bearing corroded into it's aluminium carrier!!!! Grrr. [:(!][:(!]
It's replaceable - but - you need a very long puller to shift it. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
Not necesarrily. I've changed 2 now with nothing more than 2 hammers.
By placing the driveshaft vertically in a vice, and hitting the outer race of the bearing on both sides at the same time with medium weight hammers, the bearing drops straight off. I know hitting a bearing with a hammer is not good news, but this is the old one, so we don't care about it.
Fitting the new one simply requires a length of steel tube which is a snug fit over the driveshaft, to bear on the inner race of the new bearing.
Getting the shaft out in the first place though.... That's the challenge. If I find one more with an intermediate bearing corroded into it's aluminium carrier!!!! Grrr. [:(!][:(!]