I did have a look, so sorry if it has been covered before.
Never changed a driveshaft before so a bit confused by one thing - after I put the new one in and bolted up the hub prior to putting the hub nut on I noticed that I had to pull the drive shaft to get the thread all the way through the hub. So even though the hub is in place with the two bolts tightened there is front to back movement in the drive shaft. That went away when `I tightened the hub nut and then I found there was no more play than on the other side, which hasn't been changed. However it seems odd because there is nothing locking down the drive shaft where it goes into the ird - just sits in there and a crowbar will nudge it out. but it drives ok for the few hundred yards I tested it on.
I am guessing that is how they are designed, but I do not want to be proved wrong in the middle lane of the `M5.
FYI the 'new' driveshaft I gook off a 2004 td4 to put onto a 2002 td4. They looked the same.
Never changed a driveshaft before so a bit confused by one thing - after I put the new one in and bolted up the hub prior to putting the hub nut on I noticed that I had to pull the drive shaft to get the thread all the way through the hub. So even though the hub is in place with the two bolts tightened there is front to back movement in the drive shaft. That went away when `I tightened the hub nut and then I found there was no more play than on the other side, which hasn't been changed. However it seems odd because there is nothing locking down the drive shaft where it goes into the ird - just sits in there and a crowbar will nudge it out. but it drives ok for the few hundred yards I tested it on.
I am guessing that is how they are designed, but I do not want to be proved wrong in the middle lane of the `M5.
FYI the 'new' driveshaft I gook off a 2004 td4 to put onto a 2002 td4. They looked the same.