Shortening Drive shaft

30psi · #1 21-06-2007, 15:23

Shouldn't be splines visible after the spider assembly, maybe only a small amount. What version shafts are you using? ie mk1 or mk2?

JackieFan · #2 21-06-2007, 15:41

Shame, I was just trying to think of smart ass ways of shortening the actual drive shaft without chopping it down the middle. Need to get it sorted for JAE!!

s13eater · #3 21-06-2007, 16:16

feck me if i can do them, then i'am sure you can mate

,i think i shortend mine by 8mm and same as mart says, just swap the end off of the s13 shaft onto the s12 shaft, its so you have a flanged end on the s12 shaft.

30psi · #4 21-06-2007, 17:05

Was it 8mm? I can't remember what I did but just by looking at the passenger S13 shaft shows you exactly what to do.

If it looks like this afterwards then you're on the right track:

JackieFan · #5 22-06-2007, 08:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by s13eater

feck me if i can do them, then I'm sure you can mate

,i think i shortened mine by 8mm and same as mart says, just swap the end off of the s13 shaft onto the s12 shaft, its so you have a flanged end on the s12 shaft.

I'm happy with swapping the CV joint, it's just the modding of the S12 output shaft to fit in the vLSD that I didn't like the look of. I must admit I really took one look at it and thought "sod it I'll just shorten the drive shaft" because at the time it seemed like a better option. I'll pop the S13 output shaft from the diff again at the weekend and have another look at it and see if I can sort it. If it works there'll be a vLSD conversion in the 12 costing the princely sum of £60! Bargain.... If I don't fuck it up!