Reply To: Valve Stem Seals

[Nigel WatlingParticipant]

Hello Bernie

Many thanks for your reply and comments, the smoking issue has now gone away especially now that I’ve found out that the dipstick had been re-marked sometime in the past to hold an extra one litre of oil.

Whilst I’m on here may I ask if yourself or anyone else has any experience with drive shaft replacement, as in fitting CV type shafts, one downside of the car since being put on the road is that it has a vibration and on inspection this evening have found a outer UJ badly worn and from my readings these don’t seem a nice job to do. I see the club lists either a single CV or a double CV jointed shaft, firstly are these a direct replacement or does the hub/drum require machining?, secondly are these a gearbox out job to fit?and thirdly are CV joints available in the event of a failure?.

I look forward to any comments please

 

Nigel