ok just finished a 8 hour shift at work all was fine got in my car turn the key and she starts first kick like always put in reverse, reverse out take off down the road now to go home i got to go over the riverso i go along the low level bridge and u got a hill on both side and down in the middle u got this bridge no problem vrrrm straight across it no worries came to the top had to stop to give way so i did waited till they have gone then reased clutch and hit accelerator and vrrmmmmmmmmmmmm woah i though try 2nd same thing with all gears hmm i rolled back and did a park next to the gutter so i got out while the car was running in first gear sitting there, stuck my head under car and drive shaft is spinning in the cv joint oh no i thought ring my bro to bring another cv over so i can change it on side of road so 2 of my brothers came down so we could push it up the hill to get it on flat land to work on it pulled old cv off chucked 2nd hand one in just to get home 2 blocks away and off i went home now my problem is the drive shaft only has one c clip on it is ther ment to be 2 ?

If it has inboard CV's then it will have 2.

Same happened to me once. I had not long had the car and the wheel alignment was incorrectly done. It had more lock one way than the other. This allowed the spider of the outboard CV to contact the drive shaft and by the action of that, it pulled the shaft from the CV.......

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yes on the outer end of the drive shaft there should be a circlip that goes all the way through the plines in the cv and stops the driveshaft coming out of the cv and there should be another about 1 inch up the splines on the drive shaft to stop the driveshaft bottoming out in the cv.

fairly common thing to be left out I know this coz I have done to mine.

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120bhp with 450kg just fun waiting to happen

We were prob. drunk when we set it up last and thought this will be a good idea

ahhhh ok

Dude, seriously please work on your grammar and spelling. My brain hurts after reading one line of your post

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Your silliness has been noted.

nuffin wrong with his grammar........shes a very lovely lady.

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Chuck Norris is the only person alive who can kick you in the back of the face!!
mooo, I'm a pig!

oi mate back off aye i am sick of getting on hear telling people problem i have and things that have happen to me and all u do it pay me out back off aye u really make site like this unplesant to be on and if it keeps going on i am leaving

I understand that your frustrated that problems happen to you, he was just pointing out that commas or even pressing enter after a sentence to spread out a block of text is common courtesy.
It helps us understand what is happening and saves more posts clarifying what happened.
No offence is meant at all.

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Simplify and add lightness

I agree, I struggled reading through all of that also.

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http://www.youtube.com/user/Hanras

Or translated from back in old country loik

Heay? Hay's for horses! old boy beck orf what-oh one is dicky of getting ohn here telling old beans problems one has and things that have happened to myself and all you, one's old bean, doh is peay myself out. beck orf what-oh you, one's old bean, hairlairh make ah site fancy this unplesant to be ohn and if it keeps going ohn one is leaving

Or more Ali-G ish

Oi bruva bak off aye I iz migin hof gettin' on hear tellin peeps beef I as an' tings dat as happun to me an' all yous do hit pay me hout bak off aye yous fe real make site dig dis unplesant to be on an' if hit keeps gwanin' I iz leavin.


Chillax Mate. Compared to some of the forums I've been on "I got a Mini" That first post was Shakesperean.... Seriously

Well done on a quick roadside fix. I love it when things work out.

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Oh, they do work. I thought maybe pooee had forgotten to fill up the full stops.

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seriously guys give I Got a Mini a break. If you ever care to stop baggin out on his spelling and grammar, and actually read some of his posts you may be a little f*cking enlightened.

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tim
68 Deluxe 1293, HIF44, megajolt/EDIS4, daihatsu alternator..

'a mini is for life, not just for christmas!'

Can everyone please give i got a mini a break , he suffered a serious head injury a few years ago and as a result is doing the best he can (and doing pretty ddamn good considering) . Last time this came up the stirring caused a great deal of hurt to him and his family so please give him a bit of leeway .

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Thanks for posting your story 'I got a mini', I would rather read your posts with grammar and spelling errors than not read them at all. Good to hear you have two brothers who can lend a hand and that you can fix a problem like that. I would be calling a tow truck to get it to a mini mechanic. Cheers.

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Flute - 68 MK I Cooper S
Member: VMCI #2474
Member: International Mini Model Collectors Club

Simple... If your brain hurt stop reading

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