Simply awesome tutorial on how to do that, I've always avoided doing a coupling found them a pita but with your help I reckon I'd be able to smash one out pretty easily now. Nice! thanks for that great vid!
I’m getting check engine codes 171 and 174, after about two minutes, slightly rough idle at around 2 mins, Start idle around 1000 drops back to around 700 and faults. Replaced o2 sensors, MAF checked, cylinder drop check, manifold sensor replacement, sprayed carby cleaner around engine no changes. VY SS 2004 stock 190k, any ideas?
Thanks for a great explanation. My mechanic wanted to replace the whole shaft and buy it interstate with all the added costs and labour etc! About $100 for the 3 pce kit on eBay for an old car I love that won't have heaps of k's done on her anymore anyway. I'll be more than a grand up afterwards. Cheers.
Great video. I need to do this today or tomorrow so your video helped tremendously. Great tip about marking the spline before it separates, I would have only marked the shafts.
I got told by a mechanic when you take the driveshaft out to replace uni joints and bearing it has to be rebalanced and they couldn't do it, they recommended I take my car to DBS Drive Train. This looks pretty simple to do, fuck I wish watched this first would've saved myself $900
What does the the drive shaft sound like when the centre baring is shot? I have a whining noise when accelerating and not sure if it is the centre barring or not? I’ve already replaced the front wheel bearings and the diff oil to no prevail. Fantastic vids by the way!
Yeah these a lock ring at the end which locks into place once the shaft is back together Cheers for bring that up Most of the time that will stay there
Cool video matey 👍 im learning how to replace front & rear suspension on my 2004 VY Holden Calais , Im now thinking i should of done mechanical apprenticeship & learnt all the tricks when i was a young pup ! Im 58 & learning as i go & by watching a 1000 videos on VY suspension & from Guys like You 👍🕺 Steve from Bundaberg Qld 🍹🍺 if your ever up this way you're welcome at my joint to give a hand & enjoy a big bbq & drink 🍹😝
G'day Stevo Great work mate 👍 To lovely a VY Calais 1 of my favorites Im hoping to rebuild my VR Calais Project but putting a LS1 in it haha and also would be great to catch up for a beer im looking into head that way one day for a Demolition Derby Take it easy mate Byron 👍
Great video for those who want to tackle it themselves. That exhaust system is the original Holden one & by now it must have a ton of crap in it. Might be a good idea to replace it from the cat back for better performance.
Yeah i try to make the video for everyone, if your in a drive way at mum and dads or in the shop Ill check out that exhaust Want to keep it as standard as possible
Excellent video . Unfortunately i cant do it due to unlevel ground surface...so have had to get a mechanic to replace centre bearing on a VX V6 AUTO . No donuts replaced ..now it still has a wobble like it did before .. have you had any ballance issues with any of your tailshafts ..etc
Yes and no The problem i had before was not lining up the marks i put on and thats why i made the video Was you centre bearing stuffed? Checked engine/gear box mount? Have you try rotation or swapping the wheels?
@downtheshedwithbyron .....tranny mount I replaced not long ago ... tyres are . I'm ashamed to say are out of the 10 year date , still plenty of tread but perished due to not driving as much .. another family member with a vz v6 had same bearing go on tailshaft and had same mechanic replace bearing with same result a wobble and shake at low speeds ..his tyres are close to new ..no tranny mount issues ... I think the mechanic has not properly aligned drive shaft etc
Can i ask why you put all the rear bolts in facing the same way? I thought the arrows on the rubber are the direction the bolts are to be put in?the arrows on the couplings i have are one arrow forward then the next is the opposite direction. Does it not really matter? Can the bolts and nuts just go either way at the front as long as they alternate each hole????? Thanks
Thank you so much for this vid. You may have saved me some money, because everyone else is using a vice for this job. I dont have a vice and talk to a guy about replacement of that bearing after i remove ds from car. 😮😊
@@downtheshedwithbyron ok a vice WAS needed for this task! I absolutely do NOT see how you got this apart with taps of human strength laying freely on boards. 2005 Pontiac GTO here.
Took me a moment but just realised it was you. I’m a mate of Graeme A from high school. Nice video mate. I’m looking to do something similar on my Ford Territory. You got a workshop in Adelaide?
Oarsum and very informative video you have put out for js to watch and learn from thankyou. Question for you , or anyone else out there that may know. I have a 2004 SV8 VZ and have been told that the V6 tailshafts and the V8's are the same tailshaft. I know the donuts and the centre bearings all seem to be the same but not sure if the actual shafts are the same ie thickness and length etc. If anyone can confirm if this is true or not that would be awesome. Cheers and thanks in advance from John.
@@downtheshedwithbyron Will be good to know. My cousin got told they can't be repaired by a Holden place. We're chicks so tend to get lied to A LOT. Thanks for reply.
I replaced the whole shaft recently at the mechanics. He refused to replaced the bearing so I had no choice. However, I bought a bearing and dismantled the old shaft and replaced the bearing. It took about an hour so don't be discouraged at the task. The issue is, if you bugger the shaft, you are up for over a grand for a new genuine shaft..IF you can find one!
@@downtheshedwithbyron ,, yep theres a reason for that as the universal joints are not availble to replace them as they are a pressed in type of deal from tne factory and are only a one time use and and not seviceable. Well uni wise at least haha. I thought I had a uni let go on me one day in my vz sv8 I have here and got a terrible wobble and crunching sound to it so i took it home and jacked it up and had a look at under it and couldn't see anything wrong with it and put pressure on the unis and no movement so let the jacks down and took it back out for a drive and it was fine so im stuffed if i know what the go with it that day but it got me into me chasing up parts as to how i found out there not servicable and a one time use. Hope this helps... Cheers from John.
Yeah mate i found that out as will what a pain On our vx calais im chase a small vibration which is doing my head in tail shaft balanced another shaft fitted to try that but nope still the same my next thing to check is the drive shafts from diff to hub check cv joints arrrr haha Hopefully i can get it sorted
I'm just putting my centre bearing on. Not sure I've done it properly. I did yr way bashing it back on using new cover but it's bit stiff when I go to spin it😂
love this video but be real careful about spraying wd40 on new bearings. It seeps in and strips the grease inside and munts the bearing (even a sealed bearing). Personal experience. It's only a temp fix for seized bearings.
Great video helped when I was going to do the job... But when I went to do it couldn't get the tailshaft out of the diff... Ended up wrapping the chain of a 500kg come along around the gearbox end of the tailshaft up to the engine cross member and finally got the tailshaft out of the diff but remember to leave the bolts in the tailshaft finger tight so it doesn't drop down on you... Hope this helps for anyone who has the same problem I had Cheers Mick
Yeah it ended up pulling the brass bush out of the tailshaft it was well and truly seized on had to get a small pipe wrench on it two spin it on the spigot before using a two jaw gear puller to get it off... The good thing is if that happens the brass bush can be reseated in the tailshaft as the rubber part of the bushing on the tailshaft side of bush was still intact and had the seat the brass bush sat in in fair condition so I just pushed it back in till seated and then reposition the rubber part of the seal from the diff side back in place ready for re fitting of the tailshaft... Wish I could upload the photos I took of the set up with the come along and of the seized brass bush... Cheers Mick 👍😁👍
Good video bud... I had a vx Calais V8 I pulled shaft out and sent off to get centre bearing done. And a VY v6. V6 went to hardy spicer who fucked me for money. I brought the shaft to them. They said... "if we go to separate and the internal circlip doesn't break we still charge you $600, and you'll have to get another tail shaft from a, wrecker and pay again." What sort of mother fuckers do this to a person. It's bullshit. I knew no better. And fuck how much labour are ya charging someone ay??? $600 for an uncompleted job and a 'sorry' pay again. I think if they told me it didn't come apart I might of had an episode like the mask and someone there might of had a tail shaft jammed up their clack they balanced the shaft too for the price That shaft circlip like where is it on reinstall in your vid? Does it not have one at all??? Then there's the VX. I paid a group in Sydneys condell Park who balanced it too. I'm not sure if it was their balancing. Or what the fuck. That car had a strange vibration that ended up have me sell the fucking car. Coz I changed. The diff mount the centre bearing. The auto trans mount. All myself. I didn't change the couplings so might of been them and I was fully aware they can vibrate. I did engine mounts myself. Rear cradle bushes. There was nothing left to change except the steering coupling on rack shaft. And the fucking doughnut rubber spider couplings. I bet it was them I'll never know for sure. But the shakiness really fucked the driving experience. It was only at certain speeds. You Could feel it under floor pan under drivers and passengers seat. I was always driving putting my hand on the back floor well where the tail shaft goes and trying to pin point for sure... It Couold of only been so many things. But NO ONE at all u took to could help or diagnose it. Several mechanics round the place. Such a shame coz the rest of car was in great condition. But that's one thing I just never got resolved. It was so shit. It was a consistent vibration that came at about 85km - 140km once you hit high enough speed it somehow balanced out of course. But it fucked the cruising pleasure big time... It just didn't feel smooth. It wasn't rims and tyres but it even gave some slight impression it wasn't just under floor pan and was in steering when it just can't of been... And this thump in centre bearing on deceleration is what got me onto doing centre bearing. I knew what they did from trade experience etc. So either the guys who did centre bearing fucked it. Rubbers might of been it but only had slightest perishing cracks. However an expert somewhere told me. Like craigs autos... When they show slightest cracks just change them spider coupling rubbers they don't have to have much flex to put a serious enough noticeable vibration in driveline. Anyone else have this frustrating experience and problem with a suspect vibration that show up as feedback in steering when it's clearly under floor and can be felt as a vibration in driveline? Like believe me I did everything! Expect the couplings and except the steering uni joint to rack... Even had Bridgestone check their tyres out under warranty and have them admit one was at its limit of frequencies that can cause balance issues/out of round checks... Rims and tyres actually balanced up good elsewhere like pedders. I'd changed rims and tyres several times to clear it of out of round issues and deviations in rims. It was so shit as a reason to of sold car. As well as sams performance doing a shit tune and auto shifts sucked.
Oh bugger mate that sucks Out of maybe 10 ive done ive only stuffed 1 up I guess with your drama it could of been easier to change the shaft over with a mates to see if the problem cleaned before replacing every thing Sorry to hear about this dude
