Saxo CV Joint Issue

[The_Cheeseman]

Hey guys,

I've got a shed of a 1.0 Saxo as a student runabout.

A few days ago I noticed it was making a knocking noise from the passenger front wheel when turning right, a bit of research suggests this is a possible CV Joint issue.

I ordered a new CV joint and didn't drive for a couple of days while I waited for the part (the suppliers emailed today saying they don't have the part).

Anyway, I went for a drive last night and couldn't notice any knocking even in a car park on full lock. Has the fact it's been rested just meant it's settled and the issue is likely still there?

Based on last night I drove into university today, no knocking but its pulling to the left ever so slightly under acceleration and a little vibration through the steering wheel.

Any advice much appreciated.

Jacked the car up over lunch and found this, safe bet that it is the CV joint I guess.

Edited by The_Cheeseman on Friday 4th March 14:07

[Mr2Mike]

Yes, that is undoubtedly knackered. AFAIK the CV joint is part of the drive shaft on the Saxo, so you normally swap the entire driveshaft for a reconditioned part.

[busta]

Yup, needs a new driveshaft and there will be a ridiculous surcharge until you return the knackered one.

Quite easy to change though. Undo the big (32mm?) nut in the centre of the wheel (you'll need a breaker bar because part of the nut will have been deformed to stop it undoing). Jack the car up. Undo and remove the pinch bolt you can see at the botton of that pic. Prize the lower arm down out of the bottom of the strut. Pull the whole strut out as far as you can and hit the end of the shaft (where you removed the big nut) with a rubber mallet until the shaft slides out. Then tug on the driveshaft and the other end should pop out of the diff, letting loads of gearbox oil out with it. Quickly slide the new driveshaft in before you flood the pavement with gear oil and put it all back together the opposite way to you took it apart. Remember to torque up the big nut and stove the flange bit in with a punch before you drive it anywhere.

[The_Cheeseman]

Cheers guys, ordered a complete driveshaft from eurocarparts which should arrive on Tuesday so I'll let you know how it goes/come for more advice depending what I've broken in the process!

[Man from UNCLE]

If you jack the car high enough from one side you wont lose any oil out of the gearbox. If you can't jack it high enough use a clean bowl/whatever to catch the oil in, I think there's a plastic cap on those gearboxes down to the left of the battery that pulls off, by using a funnel although awkward you can reuse the oil.

ETA.. Oh yeah, good luck with Eurocarparts. I've only ever tried using them twice, the first delivery was a couple of days late, the second I had to cancel after waiting for nearly two weeks & bought the same part for the same price at my local Partco.

Edited by Man from UNCLE on Sunday 6th March 15:41

[The_Cheeseman]

Cheers guys all went well, forgot to catch the gearbox oil though and only had a mucky tray to hand so will have to nip to Halfords tomorrow to get some.

One thing we did have to do was detach the anti-roll bar from the wishbone to get it to move down far enough.

[busta]

The_Cheeseman said:

Cheers guys all went well, forgot to catch the gearbox oil though and only had a mucky tray to hand so will have to nip to Halfords tomorrow to get some.

One thing we did have to do was detach the anti-roll bar from the wishbone to get it to move down far enough.

Well done! Glad to hear you tackled it yourself and succeeded without major incident.

One trick with anti roll bars is to jack up both sides of the car so the anti-roll bar isn't fighting against you. Then you can normally get the lower arm low enough with a bit of brute force or a pry bar.