The FREEEE Corsa!

[johnny]

Possible yes and also really not advised[emoji38]What would raising the engine achieve anyway? The sump would need to be near scraping on the ground to cause any real shaft issue

[johnny]

Because your so low aswell there'd be no real movement in the suspension, I ran at -75 mil and that was fairly solid so I'd imagine yours is like welded shocks

[boirace1302]

I can't come to any other conclusion as to why the shaft would tear itself to pieces & leave the cup still in the gearbox other than me hitting a bump & it having no room to travel... Any theories? Answers on a postcard!

[johnny]

Possibly the lack of movement in the suspension or it was just a knackered shaft

Did it eat the shaft or pop out, I've had shafts pop out after hitting bumps

[boirace1302]

Did it eat the shaft or pop out, I've had shafts pop out after hitting bumps

It tore it out in a spectacular fashion to the point where the inner cup remained in the gearbox

[johnny]

So it broke? Clean snap or more a cracking

If not can you get a pic of the shaft and inside the diff

[boirace1302]

If not can you get a pic of the shaft and inside the diff

I'll try & get pics tonight if the weather stops acting up!

[boirace1302]

Managed to get a day off work to go to a local scrapyard just to find it wasn't open however my eBay bargain bonnet struts turned up which were fitted within 5 minutes, such a simple job!


In the mean time a friend of mine came round with a present for me in the form of a smoked interior light from a Zafira which sets things off nicely but no pics of that...

Then I set about fitting my £40 straight through centre section & backbox...


Fingers crossed the driveshaft issue should be sorted tomorrow! (Always wanted to use that smilie! )

[boirace1302]

Small update: Raised the car back up to stop the driveshaft issue, looks gay now.

[Rían P]

Standard height struggles
She's taking shape !

[andy w]

But you gain comfort when driving[emoji38]

[boirace1302]

Nuts to comfort, it's the 1.0 Racekor!

[boirace1302]

S'pose you might aswell all know... Failed my driving test yesterday, pulled over to the side of the road & misjudged a sticky-out part of a curb & smacked it

[Rían P]

Ahh easy done pal! I'm sure it's not pleasant but it's only a small error nothing major or stupid so I wouldn't worry too much about it!

[boirace1302]

Just to update, The Corshed is in pieces at the moment since a bearing on my steering column died so set about replacing it only to go to put the steering boss back on & collapse the column!

In other news my driving test is re-booked