Cat sx3 rear drive shaft problem

[thorny97]

Evening everyone, it's that time again when I need some more help please.

Got a problem with the rear drive shafts they keep popping out when I try to set up the washers on 3mm rear and 1mm front to set the rear toe/track.

Just wonder if there's a problem with the drive shafts that I have got.

Can someone please measure there front and rear drive shafts for me please, I need to get to the bottom of this.

Thank you


I know you can't get them the wrong way round but itS starting to do my head in

[ulrich]

Originally Posted by thorny97

Evening everyone, it's that time again when I need some more help please.

Got a problem with the rear drive shafts they keep popping out when I try to set up the washers on 3mm rear and 1mm front to set the rear toe/track.

Just wonder if there's a problem with the drive shafts that I have got.

Can someone please measure there front and rear drive shafts for me please, I need to get to the bottom of this.

Thank you

Are you using plastic or alloy mountings?

[thorny97]

Originally Posted by ulrich

Are you using plastic or alloy mountings?

Using alloy mounts, could they be wrong, brought them off email a while back

[Benjy1]

I use the alloy mounts with gaps of 3mm rear and 1 mm front with the diff in the low position and never had the drive shafts pop out. Are you running the diff high or low?

[Cruise]

Are you shure that they are mounted correctly? a picture would help.
There is also the possibility of combined droop/ with/ diff position/ camber combinations that will not work.(especially with high diff.

Cruise

[thorny97]

Think the diff is set as low.

I have tried various sheet up sheets at worksop and used lloyds sheet off Schumacher set yesterday for Coventry astro.

http://s1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff387/thorny97/Sx3/

Link to some photos

[thorny97]

Run -1 chamber, ride height of 20mm approx on rear

[discostu]

you have the top alu mounts on wrong see link and go to step 31 you will see the bolt goes most outer and the curve is bulkhead side.

http://www.petitrc.com/setup/schumac...tSX_Manual.pdf

[discostu]

are you putting a 3mm washer at the rear and 1mm washer at the front using the plastic wishbone hangers