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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:52:20 +0000
From: Liam Boyle <liamnopsamb.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Driveshaft woes (rich text)


In article <88eon6$53n$2nopsamg2.svr.pol.co.uk>, Andrew <alanbnopsamb.swinternet.co.uk> writes > >I've sent a few posts in the past about driveshaft problems and hope someone >can help me clear this up once and for all. After my driveshaft came out of >the driver cup for the third time I took the car to a main dealer. At great >expense they claim to have fixed the problem (dodgy engine mount letting >engine move around and driveshaft pop out). However, I'm not convinced. >Since I got it back I've looked at the right-hand side driver cup and the >tripod joint that goes into it. I can see that the wheels attached to the >tripod protrude out the end of the driver by about 3/8 inch. In other words >it seems that the driveshaft is too short. I know the driveshaft isn't too >short because I've bought three driveshafts and have fitted got the longest >one I can find. > >Is it normal for the tripod joint to protrude from the driver cup by this >much? > >Thanks, >Andrew > > > Andrew, I've had a couple of Saab's over the year's and I have never had a driveshaft break free from the tripod cups and I have driven my Saab's pretty hard. It is not supposed to happen and the "wheels" are not supposed to be visible at the edge of the cups, I would say that there are only a few possible causes - -engine mountings broken / collapsed / misaligned (engine offset) -driveshafts incorrect for gearbox / inner joints -chassis very, very twisted (i.e. front wheels to far apart) you need to find a real decent dealer or independent, the dealer you've been to has treated the symptoms and hasn't cured the disease, your new driveshaft could go the same way if everything isn't in line. Have you looked at both tripod cups to see how offset everything is? If one side is all the way in and the other is just about to fall out then points to the gearbox being offset or twisted from where it should be. Sorry if this covers old ground but I'm new around here -- Liam Boyle

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