Rileysport
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quote:
Originally posted by alistairolsen
the astra and cav/cally short shaft are the same length and wont fit with a gearbox spacer.
Im going to cut 5mm off the ends of the cav one and re machined the circlip groove in the lathe at work and see i thats enough. if not then ill need to ditch the sacer and wind the whole engine across the bay, prolly put a 6mm spacer behind the front gearbox mount and then wind the rear one up tight.
i will get them in, with a small amount of plunge left!
just a touch bodgy then 
as opposed to corsa gsi shafts that actually and rather suprisingly fit a corsa, and work fine without munching wheel bearings, or exploding into a million pieces of flying steel like most people seem to think they would
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alistairolsen
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whats bodged about correclty machining the end of the shaft to shorten it 5mm?
Having measured up, it should work, and give me sufficient plunge on both sides, big block equal length shafts and big block bearings.
IMHO thats a whole lot better then undersized cv joints
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and-m
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Id agree too, you are keeping the CVs that were designed for that engine.
I like that idea too alaistair
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Rileysport
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quote:
Originally posted by alistairolsen
whats bodged about correclty machining the end of the shaft to shorten it 5mm?
Having measured up, it should work, and give me sufficient plunge on both sides, big block equal length shafts and big block bearings.
IMHO thats a whole lot better then undersized cv joints
if you say so
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BeArDy
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you dont even need to shorten the shaft mate just cut a new circlip
done it a few times and never had any problems
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alistairolsen
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so they can slide further into the cvs as std beardy? Just hold the clip open as you push them in?
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ainsley_brader
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no i think youd be better off machining a new groove although technically i think youd get away with running without the circlip on the outer cv.
There is noway the cv could come off the shaft the only problem could be that the shaft would slide within the cv!
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alistairolsen
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jobs a goodun. Removed 6mm off the end of each shaft (the chamfered bit) and then machined new grooves into them. Bit of a paint fitting them to the cvs witha double groove and no taper on the end, but so long as you are patient with circlip pliers its fine.
There seems to be plenty of plunge in the cvs now, but Ill check it again when its on its wheels before I tighten the hub nut fully.
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Rileysport
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Fair play 
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