While a friend and I were replacing the drive shaft and wheel bearing on the front near side of my wife's 1800 Zetec H4, we noticed that the engine and gearbox were pushed sideways when rotating the wheel with the suspension at full droop. Having taken the drive shaft off, it has become apparent that there is only just enough space between the gearbox flange and the inside of the wheel bearing for the shaft to fit when fully compressed. When the suspension droops, the tripod joint bottoms out and this causes the movement. The new drive shaft is a couple of mm longer when fully compressed, so it would be in compression when fitted. Has anyone else with an XR2i/ 1800-based H4 see this before? The problem would probably not afflict anything else as the hubs and drive shafts are smaller (as I know because my parts supplier has so far managed to give me both the wrong drive shaft (first thing I had to return), and wrong wheel bearing (claimed to match the new, correct diameter and number of splines, drive shaft), which is why I have to go back again tomorrow!)
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