What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

[mariuzzu74]

Hi,
on my 2.4 TDCI 85 Kw RWD, yesterday and today I managed to replace the rear differential oil and above all the front brake discs and pads!!!
It was a hard job but in the end I did it!
I also changed the brake fluid; I'm tired but I enjoyed it ...
Sorry I didn't take pictures!

[andz327]

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Cut back to good metal they said....

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[andz327]

My manly van has been being made more manly today, ok so it’s had new wheel bearing, couldn’t do the cv joint as it doesn’t bloody fit, again is there 2 sizes of driveshafts used on these mk6’s, a girly tddi one and a beefy manly tdci one?

Bearing out in 15 minutes,

A9D6A106-A122-48AC-B8A1-B707B7D75B56.jpeg

How to press a new bearing one without a press, use the new cv joint you bought a few years ago that doesn’t fit the van

C80C9734-ED7F-4ABD-907D-767810486341.jpeg

Snapped the drop link bolt

B8D373B0-13F7-4F3C-B894-041839E06804.jpeg

But was inspired by engineering types (he spoke to me from the other side)

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Threaded bar and some nuts looks safe to me.

Also took Mr Airthies advice and put some washer in the sld middle roller, I can almost open the door fully now, almost as it could do with 1 more washer but the bolt isn’t long enough, bloody ford.

Don't know about mk6 but the mk7 140 fwd has .....now cam yer self doon girls....... a thicker shaft ,
Mr N I've a good 140 cv joint if you want to try that on ??


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[Scooby doo]

My manly van has been being made more manly today, ok so it’s had new wheel bearing, couldn’t do the cv joint as it doesn’t bloody fit, again is there 2 sizes of driveshafts used on these mk6’s, a girly tddi one and a beefy manly tdci one?

Bearing out in 15 minutes,

A9D6A106-A122-48AC-B8A1-B707B7D75B56.jpeg

How to press a new bearing one without a press, use the new cv joint you bought a few years ago that doesn’t fit the van

C80C9734-ED7F-4ABD-907D-767810486341.jpeg

Snapped the drop link bolt

B8D373B0-13F7-4F3C-B894-041839E06804.jpeg

But was inspired by engineering types (he spoke to me from the other side)

C17781DE-09A5-4C19-9807-C77BF0CBD79A.jpeg

46F30DB9-89BC-4559-8A33-92AD6A32BD9B.jpeg

Threaded bar and some nuts looks safe to me.

Also took Mr Airthies advice and put some washer in the sld middle roller, I can almost open the door fully now, almost as it could do with 1 more washer but the bolt isn’t long enough, bloody ford.

Don't know about mk6 but the mk7 140 fwd has .....now cam yer self doon girls....... a thicker shaft ,
Mr N I've a good 140 cv joint if you want to try that on ??


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I’m curious to know if Ned could take a thicker shaft..and pictures will always say a thousand words…
Don’t forget to use plenty of lube to make sure that shaft slides in nicely

[ned]

My manly van has been being made more manly today, ok so it’s had new wheel bearing, couldn’t do the cv joint as it doesn’t bloody fit, again is there 2 sizes of driveshafts used on these mk6’s, a girly tddi one and a beefy manly tdci one?

Bearing out in 15 minutes,

A9D6A106-A122-48AC-B8A1-B707B7D75B56.jpeg

How to press a new bearing one without a press, use the new cv joint you bought a few years ago that doesn’t fit the van

C80C9734-ED7F-4ABD-907D-767810486341.jpeg

Snapped the drop link bolt

B8D373B0-13F7-4F3C-B894-041839E06804.jpeg

But was inspired by engineering types (he spoke to me from the other side)

C17781DE-09A5-4C19-9807-C77BF0CBD79A.jpeg

46F30DB9-89BC-4559-8A33-92AD6A32BD9B.jpeg

Threaded bar and some nuts looks safe to me.

Also took Mr Airthies advice and put some washer in the sld middle roller, I can almost open the door fully now, almost as it could do with 1 more washer but the bolt isn’t long enough, bloody ford.

Don't know about mk6 but the mk7 140 fwd has .....now cam yer self doon girls....... a thicker shaft ,
Mr N I've a good 140 cv joint if you want to try that on ??


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It makes sense these higher power vans have a manly shaft,think mine is a 34 or 36 spline shaft (not easy to count) is the mk7 cv the same as the mk6 that is the question,

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[ned]

My manly van has been being made more manly today, ok so it’s had new wheel bearing, couldn’t do the cv joint as it doesn’t bloody fit, again is there 2 sizes of driveshafts used on these mk6’s, a girly tddi one and a beefy manly tdci one?

Bearing out in 15 minutes,

A9D6A106-A122-48AC-B8A1-B707B7D75B56.jpeg

How to press a new bearing one without a press, use the new cv joint you bought a few years ago that doesn’t fit the van

C80C9734-ED7F-4ABD-907D-767810486341.jpeg

Snapped the drop link bolt

B8D373B0-13F7-4F3C-B894-041839E06804.jpeg

But was inspired by engineering types (he spoke to me from the other side)

C17781DE-09A5-4C19-9807-C77BF0CBD79A.jpeg

46F30DB9-89BC-4559-8A33-92AD6A32BD9B.jpeg

Threaded bar and some nuts looks safe to me.

Also took Mr Airthies advice and put some washer in the sld middle roller, I can almost open the door fully now, almost as it could do with 1 more washer but the bolt isn’t long enough, bloody ford.

Don't know about mk6 but the mk7 140 fwd has .....now cam yer self doon girls....... a thicker shaft ,
Mr N I've a good 140 cv joint if you want to try that on ??


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I’m curious to know if Ned could take a thicker shaft..and pictures will always say a thousand words…
Don’t forget to use plenty of lube to make sure that shaft slides in nicely

Lube is no good if the shaft is too big a shoe horn may help though

[andz327]

[quote="ned"]My manly van has been being made more manly today, ok so it’s had new wheel bearing, couldn’t do the cv joint as it doesn’t bloody fit, again is there 2 sizes of driveshafts used on these mk6’s, a girly tddi one and a beefy manly tdci one?

Bearing out in 15 minutes,

A9D6A106-A122-48AC-B8A1-B707B7D75B56.jpeg

How to press a new bearing one without a press, use the new cv joint you bought a few years ago that doesn’t fit the van

C80C9734-ED7F-4ABD-907D-767810486341.jpeg

Snapped the drop link bolt

B8D373B0-13F7-4F3C-B894-041839E06804.jpeg

But was inspired by engineering types (he spoke to me from the other side)

C17781DE-09A5-4C19-9807-C77BF0CBD79A.jpeg

46F30DB9-89BC-4559-8A33-92AD6A32BD9B.jpeg

Threaded bar and some nuts looks safe to me.

Also took Mr Airthies advice and put some washer in the sld middle roller, I can almost open the door fully now, almost as it could do with 1 more washer but the bolt isn’t long enough, bloody ford.

Don't know about mk6 but the mk7 140 fwd has .....now cam yer self doon girls....... a thicker shaft ,
Mr N I've a good 140 cv joint if you want to try that on ??


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I’m curious to know if Ned could take a thicker shaft..and pictures will always say a thousand words…
Don’t forget to use plenty of lube to make sure that shaft slides in nicely

Lube is no good if the shaft is too big a shoe horn may help though [/quote]Good question Nedo but your welcome to try and I'll drop it off when i pick up Airthies ramadans

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[Johnnyboy11888]

Sent van to local garage at 7 a.m. and by 8 a.m. it had passed its MOT!!!

PS. After lots of ABS heartache.

[DG-Unit]

Sent van to local garage at 7 a.m. and by 8 a.m. it had passed its MOT!!!

PS. After lots of ABS heartache.

I skim read this and thought it was the shortest Mk6/7 MOT story ever posted. It’s a good feeling though! Congrats

[ned]

My manly van has been being made more manly today, ok so it’s had new wheel bearing, couldn’t do the cv joint as it doesn’t bloody fit, again is there 2 sizes of driveshafts used on these mk6’s, a girly tddi one and a beefy manly tdci one?

Bearing out in 15 minutes,

A9D6A106-A122-48AC-B8A1-B707B7D75B56.jpeg

How to press a new bearing one without a press, use the new cv joint you bought a few years ago that doesn’t fit the van

C80C9734-ED7F-4ABD-907D-767810486341.jpeg

Snapped the drop link bolt

B8D373B0-13F7-4F3C-B894-041839E06804.jpeg

But was inspired by engineering types (he spoke to me from the other side)

C17781DE-09A5-4C19-9807-C77BF0CBD79A.jpeg

46F30DB9-89BC-4559-8A33-92AD6A32BD9B.jpeg

Threaded bar and some nuts looks safe to me.

Also took Mr Airthies advice and put some washer in the sld middle roller, I can almost open the door fully now, almost as it could do with 1 more washer but the bolt isn’t long enough, bloody ford.

Don't know about mk6 but the mk7 140 fwd has .....now cam yer self doon girls....... a thicker shaft ,
Mr N I've a good 140 cv joint if you want to try that on ??


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I’m curious to know if Ned could take a thicker shaft..and pictures will always say a thousand words…
Don’t forget to use plenty of lube to make sure that shaft slides in nicely

Lube is no good if the shaft is too big a shoe horn may help though [/quote]Good question Nedo but your welcome to try and I'll drop it off when i pick up Airthies ramadans

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Aye it might be worth seeing if it fit, if it does I’ll know which one to order, let us know when you plan on getting the Ramadams and I’ll leave them under the bush at the front in my house

[dirtydog]

Mot booked for the blue one tomorrow

Trying to find the right repair panel for the camper, drivers side inner sill from b pillar back. Then I can get that welded up and in for its mot

Then picking up the latest addition to the collection on Saturday

[dirtydog]

Well the morning is not quite going to plan, went out to get some diesel in the blue one. Got to the end of the road, hit the brakes and was ok then nothing.
Burst a brake line and of course I’ve not got time to repair it before the mot

[blue estate]

Well the morning is not quite going to plan, went out to get some diesel in the blue one. Got to the end of the road, hit the brakes and was ok then nothing.
Burst a brake line and of course I’ve not got time to repair it before the mot

Sods law

[Johnnyboy11888]

Sent van to local garage at 7 a.m. and by 8 a.m. it had passed its MOT!!!

PS. After lots of ABS heartache.

I skim read this and thought it was the shortest Mk6/7 MOT story ever posted. It’s a good feeling though! Congrats

I would be happy to add some of my woes and learnings. That said this forum had some great snippets of information on the ABS faults to help me along. I did end up changing an ABS module out but that wasn't the fault.

As to changing out front lowering ball joints I am sure there was a better way to do it. Oh, one of the CV boots dropped off during test causing a right mess.

Out through the other side now!

[ned]

Sent van to local garage at 7 a.m. and by 8 a.m. it had passed its MOT!!!

PS. After lots of ABS heartache.

I skim read this and thought it was the shortest Mk6/7 MOT story ever posted. It’s a good feeling though! Congrats

I would be happy to add some of my woes and learnings. That said this forum had some great snippets of information on the ABS faults to help me along. I did end up changing an ABS module out but that wasn't the fault.

As to changing out front lowering ball joints I am sure there was a better way to do it. Oh, one of the CV boots dropped off during test causing a right mess.

Out through the other side now!

Depends on how you changed the lower ball joint to whether there’s a better way of doing it