RH Drive Shaft

[Justin B]

HI all,

I think my RH drive shaft is buggered. When up on stands and I move the wheel.. the shaft 'wobbles' ...

Also, I hear some irksome sounds coming from the intermediate bearing...

Does anyone have a good contact for new / used / recon driveshafts for Pug 205's?

Thanks
Justin

 

[immy s16]

There is mob by the name of turner drive shafts, that my pug mechanic used. sorry jus had the sticker on the drive shaft with out any phone numbers. But i do believe they are in Sydney, guess you could try yellowpages to look them up.

Hope it helps

 

[WRX2PUG]

Hi Justin,

Well I've just been through the 205 driveshafts nightmare. Firstly new replacement parts from Peugeot are unbelievable expensive - like $600-$700 each. I snapped my RHS outer driveshaft clean at the outer hub spline and went to the wreckers expecting it to be easy to replace. Well it aint

Basically from what I have learned, there is a difference between Series-1 and Series-2 outer driveshafts and they actually have a different inner-spline that goes into the tripod arrangement with 3 large balls. This tripod then fits into the inner driveshaft, outer cup (if that makes sense).

Chat with me if you want and I can send you a few pics but bottom line is make sure that you get the correct piece and if possible, get a full, good condition driveshaft as a replacement. At the very least, if you get just a shaft, make sure that it comes with the tripod/ball bearing arrangement so that you're not left trying to match one as they are as rare as hen's teeth.

Also, if it is starting to wobble, I recommend replacing it ASAP as if they start to vibrate, from experience they actually start to self-destruct and damage more components like CV etc.

In the end, I got help through Adrian at Pugsport who got his wrecker contacts directly in touch with me to ensure we got the right parts.

Good luck
Steve

<small>[ 13 October 2003, 05:59 PM: Message edited by: WRX2PUG ]</small>