Hi,

Since the cv-joint rubber has ripped at the left wheel, and I didn't want to change the thing myself (just came back from vacation), I took it to the local universal garage,..

This morning the guy phoned me, and said:
cv-joint rubber on both sides (left and right wheel) are torn (ok , no sweat yet), but the driveshafts won't come off.. not with the hamer, not with the hydrolic press,. no way.. The righthand driveshaft is not totally demolished: the bolt won't fit on again, cause he hit it hard with a slegdehammer..

He now claims, I need 2 new driveshafts, 2 new 'wheelhousings' 2 new bearings,. the lot

1400 euro's

Is this normal?

I'm totally fed up with the bloody thing.. I told him to bolt the shit to gether so I can take it home (one driveshaft will not be secured), and change the shit myself..

I'm a Volkswagen-Hobby-Mechanic, so I'm not known with specific Renault problems (yet), and have no experience with this car.. I'm thinking of taking the complete sets of a scrapyard Clio (40 euro's per side), and bolt it straight on.. Will I be able to do this?

Has anyone heard of this before? What's the best thing to do: The left-hand side is not yet demolished, so I could try to save it...

It's a 1994 clio, with 1.2 E7F motor, and JB1 gearbox..
got 60.000 km / 37.500 miles on the clock, bought the car 1 month ago, no garantee, probably used as 'shopping' car, since milage is low, minor parking dents..

Greetingz

Jaap Peters
The Netherlands..

Hi Jaap,

At this forum we don't know much about Clio's.. (at least I don't know much about them). Driveshafts of R9/11 are quite easy to replace, without damaging anything. I did it three (or four?) times already on my R11.

I think it is NOT normal that the CV-joints are gone already after 60.000 km. On a '94 car, I would not except them to fail.

But sorry, I have no idea how to replace a driveshaft on a Clio.

Groeten,
Maarten Boersma, Enschede (NL)