Drive shaft gaiters

[mt10argyll]

Had car on axle stands to change rear brake pads
when looking around under car found gaiters have
split on drive shafts can someone explain whats
involved in removing shafts to replace gaiters

[martinipaul]

well I've just done mine:

gaiters from www.racetechdirect.co.uk £15 each inc clips

500g moly grease from Halfords about £5

sealey gaiter clip (ear type) tool from www.toolcrew.co.uk £9 inc postage

need a good/new 1/2" drive 8mm hex key & circlip pliers

used one of those pencil wire brushes and a bit of carb cleaner to clean out the CV joint bolts

you have to release the lower wishbone pivot bolts and lift the hub away to get the driveshaft out

torque setting to use on the CV joint bolts is 32-35 lbft, see: www.thegriffithpages.com/modificat

although not TVR specific, I thought this info was useful: www.rennlist.com/techarticles/944C

a fairly straightfoward job if you have the basic tools and all the bits to hand. I spent quite a while cleaning everything and putting POR-15 on any rusty bits while the drive shafts were out, also fitted a set of steve heath drop links at the same time. make sure you've got good solid axle stands! hope that helps, Paul

[mt10argyll]

Cheers Martin that very helpfull