sinkyboy
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can any one who has got a corsa with a 2.0 16v engine in please tell me the measurement between the solid inner wing and the cambelt cover.
i need to know this as i keep eating cv joints, not sure if the engine needs to be moved across slightly, or weather my driveshafts have got to much angle on them, thanks people,
A.S.A.P
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Drew
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if ya lowered 60mm, ya will constantly eat ur inner joint
same happened to me with my 8v engine
if ya lowered 30-40 mm ya usually ok
wot i had to do was get the shafts machined so the cv joints sit a little further out (making the total shaft longer) and never had the problem again
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Drew
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erm -its the passenger one mine kept killing thou - not the drivers side, thats weird cause the drivers is longer so dont go down at such a steep angle as the passengers 
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sinkyboy
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its the passanger one on mine. i think the engine is tofar across. some one must be able to measure it for me
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sinkyboy
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mine is 80 mm
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Lisa
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mines about 48mm, the cars lowered 40mm.
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Drew
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pass inner cv joint
as i said if car too lower - it pulls the shaft out of the cv joint and destroys it
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Lisa
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i have heard that you can put a spacer in between the outer cv and the hub, but you would be better speaking too fearless about it. he used to have a nova that used to eat cvs for fun but managed to sort it.
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Drew
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quote:
Originally posted by vauxgirl
i have heard that you can put a spacer in between the outer cv and the hub, but you would be better speaking too fearless about it. he used to have a nova that used to eat cvs for fun but managed to sort it.
i got one on mine - between the outer cv joint and the wheelbearing 
bout 5 mm wide
also got it machined too to give it an extra few mm
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fearless
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Yep - that should cure it - the problems caused by the cage in the cv joint running at its outer limits (ie its weakest position)
If u put a spacer between the outer cv joint and the wheelbearing (u have to redrill the theaded section where the split pin goes) - this will allow the joint to run in its correct position
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Pete
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What shafts you running? I had this problem originally in mine - I got through 3 CV's in one week!
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