It just gets worse. Having driven to Newbury to collect the new cv joint, I found that in the kit they supply the cv joint and the rubber part of the boot. The metal part that goes between these is not supplied. What is really frustrating is it is actually this bit that is badly damaged on my car!! Further investigation reveals that this part is also not supplied with the boot kit and no-one knows where to source it from. An hour of looking through the books brought forth a revelation... a similar part is supplied in a boot kit for one of the vw range. We will see shortly if this is going to work.
Update... Just had the call from Partco, apparently the metal part of the boot is close enough to be useable so here we go on another 60 mile round trip. I will let you know more details upon my return. Mark ________________________________ From: Mark Miles <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 5 July, 2010 21:42:29 Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: Question about driveshafts I had a long chat with Darren at Inchcape ford in Bracknell. He had to make a couple of calls but the upshot of it was that ford are no longer supporting the mkII fiesta. They have a number of parts at their clearance warehouse but it would appear that once they run out it is pattern parts only. He did, however, give me the ford part number which I was able to crosscheck with the part I ordered from Partco in Newbury. The guys there couldn't have been more helpful and really knew their stuff. Much Impressed. Mark ________________________________ From: Matthew Wastell <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, 5 July, 2010 20:01:09 Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: Question about driveshafts What did ford say? On 4 Jul 2010, at 12:35, taximark <[email protected]> wrote: > The cv joint half way along is very broken, there is a hole in the > bearing carrier. I am having a devil of a job trying to source a > replacement. Will try ringing heritage in the morning to see if they > have one but otherwise I may have no choice. > > Mark > > On Jul 4, 12:17 pm, Matthew Wastell <[email protected]> wrote: >> That's the equal length drive shaft which should cut down torque steer. Why >> would you want to change it? >> >> Matthew >> >> On 4 Jul 2010, at 11:36, taximark <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> My 2+2 currently has the offside driveshaft with a bearing and cv >>> joint about half way along. 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