So, the last few weeks has seen a few steps forward, and several back!
First off, the Team Guru Derby sold- appearing in VWDRC 2015/16
some pics of the old girl all clean:
And I finished all the engine mounts and pushed the Polo outside for a wash, first time in a long while!
So with that bit done, my next bit to sort out was the driveshafts. I need to get measurements as soon as possible as they're fairly long lead time items. Now, Polo CV joints aren't the strongest out there it's fair to say, so with my new stronger gearbox, it makes sense to look at the driveline too.
Inner CV joints easy- bought a set of 100mm bolt in flanges and some Mk2 Golf GKN joints. Job's a good-un. Outer CV joints, little more difficult...
A Mk1 Golf and a Mk2f Polo share a very similar wheel hub design though:
After spending a few hours in a huge SKF catalogue, I had myself convinced they'd fit... I was wrong.
Split everything down (discovered my brakes need new dust seals) ready to go:
And had two clashes (after some light machining) still with the outer CV to bearing housing:
and with the bearing housing to rear of the wheel hub face:
Solution is fettling in all available areas - I'm about 3.5mm off it fitting, so removal of some more material from the outer CV face, the bearing housing, and taking the 0.8mm feature of the rear of the wheel hub (polo one doesn't have this) should see it all clear.
Main pain is every time I fit everything together to check clearances, I knacker a set of bearings, £60 down thus far... ho hum.
So with that I also started looking at shifters, I need a short cables to fit in the Polo- so I did a little reading and purchased a set of 2003 Polo cables and shifter mech, only to find it's identical to the Mk4 Golf one I have... d'oh - Gurds confirmed cable lengths on his Mk1 for me (thanks mate!) circa 960mm and 1010mm.
I was hoping to avoid bespoke cables, cost and availability (in future) are the main worries- so if anyone knows of any VW gearshift cables that are much shorter than the ones above, I'm all ears!
VW Lupo/Fox/Up lengths would be good- I can't find any information on the interwebs.
Cheers
Pete