Guest rusty Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 hi i'm pretty new to all of this my hubby has bought me a mk5 xr3i cab she has the cossie body kit and wheels in imperial blue she has a 1.9 rs turbo long block engine with a mk4 escort van gearbox the problem lies with the half shafts they are not really long enough someone before me has bodged an extenstion on the them which is neither strong or safe can anyone tell me if there are any from any other car that will fit straight in or weather my only option is to have them specially made an option i dont really want to do as it will probably prove very expensive any help and advice welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rusty Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 hi after removing the driveshafts we found they were of a mk 4 rs turbo hence why they were to short the problem is now that 1 mk 5 shaft fits the other is now 2 long by about 20mm we have put new wishbones steering rack track rod ends and wheel bearings in with the standard mk5 hubs that were on the car so the mk5 shafts should fit but dont we were told that the engine had been moved by previous owner so tried to move it back but wouldnt go enough some one has said the subframe on my car may be a zetec engine frame instead of a cvh frame does anyone no if they are different or what other solutions there may be to my problem any ideas welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rusty Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 finally sorted the prob whatever idiot that had done the conversion had held the lump in with a cradle instead of the gearbox mounts (along with a lot of other mistakes to the running gear) so the engine was not sat right hubby put mounts in last night engine n gearbox all nice n straight now in went the half shaft in to it proper place a pretty easy fix after a bit of help from the guys at mainline ford breakers just need to finish bolting a few bits back on tonight ready to test drive so all being well should be able to go to the classic show at santa pod in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Paul Posted May 7, 2009 Admin Share Posted May 7, 2009 Glad you got it sorted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Hi Rusty glad you have this problem sorted now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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