ripley
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hi all its time to fit my hubs and shafts and brakes.. drivers side shaft went in just right disk went on ok and the caliper sits right. pass side shaft went in ok but then when i went to bolt the shock on it wa about 4mm out on the top hole. and the shaft is tight and thats it no give at all. please some one help or it goes up in smoke. the set up i have is the cav shafts and hubs in corsa bearings..............thanks
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DAZ1985
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The cav shaft is to long to fit a corsa. Thier close but not close enough to work
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ripley
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Hi mate what sort of shaft can i use??????
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DAZ1985
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Mtech,cossvaux,chris astley?
You may be able to get that shaft machined down to size and the splines cut in again
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ripley
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i might just get 1.6 cav inners and use the corsa 22 spline ones or just get a new shaft to fit any more input.
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DAZ1985
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Its up to you mate. That will work. All you got remember is that the cv joint is the weakest part of the link
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ripley
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Hi all whats the best side to cut the shaft down? shall i cut the shaft or the inner cv joint?
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ripley
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Hi all thanks for that i have cut 4mm off the inner cv joint and all is well. till the next time!!!! pics will be up in my garage soon.
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ainsley_brader
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are you sure you have some plunge on that shaft still?
What mounts are you using.
I used mtec mount and stock cally shafts. Did remachine the circlip groove 3 mm further on the shaft but would of fitted without and still had some plunge!
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ripley
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no plunge on hand test. but got bigger probs now.. got it ready for first test run put front wheels on drivers side went down first loads of room then pass went down then the wheel was rubbing on the back of the arch...?? the strut is not sitting right at the top in the rubber, i will get a new bottom arm and see what will happen if no joy the car is up for sale as i have had a enough, i want my xe back.iam useing the cav drivers mount because of the pas pump and then i made a bracket to mate the corsa one.. and the two gearbox mounts are also the corsa ones.. the shafts are from the cav with machined hubs. any more ideas thanks
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ripley
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bttt
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DAZ1985
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is your engine sitting where it should be?
as in over to one side more than it should be? only you say you've chopped and welded a mount to make it fit
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ainsley_brader
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you would be much better off using the proper mounts!
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ripley
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Hi all just back from the shed. right i took the anti roll bar thats fits from the bottom cross member to the wheel assembly, and then it sprang back centre. so does that mean the chassis is out or can i get a shorter bar? does any one have or know the measurments of the front end. the car is a 98 1.4 8v shell. thanks
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ripley
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Hi all any input what be a massive help as the car is really getting me down. thanks
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