Chriso Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Hi All, I removed my front propshaft today (300 tdi) and found the sliding joint to be very stiff. I marked and pulled the two halves apart and found a horrid brown sludgy mess. I cleaned up the splines and had hoped to re-grease and reassemble, however I have found that the splines are coated in what I can only describe as plastic which is brittle and flaking off. That can't be right? Is there a coating on the splines? Anyway the two halves will not slide nicely, so £50 odd quid from paddocks would seem to be the way forward. Thanks Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I found the same thing with one of my old front props, the plastic stuff started to flake off so being a plonker i pulled it all off and the splines flopped about all over the place. Ended up buying another one !! wizard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 IIRC it is Rislan coating leave it there grease the joint and re fit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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