S2000 Under The Hood S2000 Technical and Mechanical discussions.

prop shaft play

Thread Tools
 
Old Aug 19, 2010 | 10:08 PM
  #1  
Opc's Avatar
Opc
Thread Starter
Registered User
 
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 438
Likes: 1
Default prop shaft play

So over the past 2 months i've had big issues with my s2000. Brought it to a tranny shop to get it teared down, the rear bearings looked worn pretty bad, the races had marks.

the prop shaft is spitting greese, seems whatever kept the greese in is gone. I can get a little play if i move the prop shaft while its still connected on the dif end. Is that normal?

the car has a horrid blown rear end were every rotation i get a massive chunk.
drained the diff and i have pinches of metal at the end.

So blown diff and a bad prop shaft, or just a blown diff?

what happened, i used mobile fluid, i do drive a bit hard, but nothing insane, no 9k drops. or any drops actually.

ap1. 130k
Reply
Old Aug 20, 2010 | 05:57 AM
  #2  
Wildncrazy's Avatar
Registered User
 
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 5,771
Likes: 2
Default

There's a lot more play in the S2000 driveshaft than I've ever seen in any other car. It's normal, but not optimal. It's what causes that cyclic jerking you get sometimes at low pedal pressure and low speeds.
Reply
Old Aug 21, 2010 | 09:14 AM
  #3  
Opc's Avatar
Opc
Thread Starter
Registered User
 
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 438
Likes: 1
Default

what about the boot that holds the greese in, can i get that replaced anywhere ?
Reply
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
onecleanS2000
S2000 Under The Hood
0
Apr 9, 2017 04:54 PM
ddess
S2000 Under The Hood
6
Oct 19, 2014 02:36 PM
angryfist
S2000 Under The Hood
1
Apr 30, 2013 10:16 PM
dollag2k6
UK & Ireland S2000 Community
4
Jun 30, 2012 11:43 AM
S-Turn AP1
S2000 Under The Hood
2
Jul 27, 2008 10:17 AM




All times are GMT -8. The time now is 03:54 AM.