driveshaft failure with pictures
 

my rear n/s driveshaft joint failed yesterday on the way home after doin my food shopping.
i've fixed the problem today but thought i would post up pics of the failed part as i've not heard of a joint going quite like this before :-

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5085/topslv.jpg

i then held the back part of the break together as it was the only part that still fitted:-

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/5759/sideo.jpg

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1314/endm.jpg

bet that went with a bang! never seen one fail like that.

Wow I've not seen that before, I'd expect that to happen as a result of a savage launch not on the way home from shopping :lol1:

wow, never seen one go there before.

aparently its usualy the cage inside that goes.
it had been making a small knocking noise occasionaly on accelleration which i intended to investigate this weekend. i thought it might have been a wheel bearing, but obviously not !

the car originaly was automatic. at some point it was coverted to manual, and then a low ratio RA box was fitted. so its current setup delivers more power to the rear driveshafts than it would have had in the past. all i can think of is there was a weakness in manufactue which the cars current setup made fail

ouch bet that went with a bang

just a bit !
took me a few seconds to realise the wheel was still atached as i was half expecting to see it rolling off in front of me at the time !

Never seen anything go like that before:eek: