Drop Links and Driveshaft Gaitors

[ratbane]

My 99 Chim400 has sheared it's rear antiroll bar drop links.

Anyone else had this problem? Is it an easy job? Why do they shear?

All 4 drive shaft gaitors need to be replaced too, anyone tried this?

[shpub]

They shear because they are often deformed and only have a bit of rubber holding them together. I would suggest fitting rose jointed versions as they improve the handling, cost less and do the job correctly. www.tvrextras.co.uk

The gaiters can be done by using the insitu glue together type or will require the drive shafts to be removed. Not difficult but can be a bit time consuming especially if the alllen bolts won't move.

[tahiti450]

recently did all my gaiters, I have no experience of the gluable ones but suspect that they wont be as durable (mind you my originals had gone about 18 months ago with a total milage of under 20K). Good opportunity to clean the cv joints and renew the grease and inspect the splines etc. Also cleaned and painted my shafts once all dismantled. I did it over a w/e, together with changing all the springs, cleaning the shocks, fitting new bump rubbers and fitting new rear discs. A simple two legged puller is ideal for extracting the shafts from the CV joints. A good quality set of allen point sockets and selection of extensions etc makes light work of the securing bolts. If you want more details I can enlarge on the process and got pics too.

[that daddy]

those sticky one,s are frowned upon in the trade,dont even go down that road,its a TVR not a beaten up old metro your trying to get thru its last MOT.There cr.p

[Andy JB]

I have some with 7k and seem in very good nick you can have. I upgraded mine and its a good worthwhile option if you can afford them, failing that let me know [e-mail]

[tahiti450]

Got my new gaiters from Jules at Trackcar solutions, he'll post a set to you at very reasonable cost. The kits come with all the straps and new grease etc.