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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Focus / October 2007Drive shaft
The clutch failed on my daughter's Focus at 72K. It was replaced but now the car has a steering wobble. The garage says a drive shaft has failed. Do the shafts have to be removed to change the clutch and could the garage have got it wrong? Is this a likely answer? TIA  SignatureClive Norris Managing Director Selectron (UK) Ltd www.espguitars.co.uk www.skullstrings.com www.espshop.co.uk www.mightymite.com www.coreoneproduct.com www.emgpickups.co.uk www.tube-shop.com www.whirlwindusa.com "They laughed at Newton, they laughed at Einstein, but they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." Carl Sagan > The clutch failed on my daughter's Focus at 72K. > It was replaced but now the car has a steering wobble. The garage says a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Is this a likely answer? > TIA I don't think you have to remove the DS to fit a clutch, though of course they are intimately related. I wonder if the steering wobble you are talking about is a quite impressive juddering normally associated with a buggered flywheel... Wrong symptoms. I had a warped flywheel on my WRX which produced nasty clutch judder. I'm told today the CV joint has failed which seems very...er...coincidental! CV and drive shaft apparently have to be replaced together but for £90 fitted no arguement. Thanks for your response. SignatureClive Norris Managing Director Selectron (UK) Ltd www.espguitars.co.uk www.skullstrings.com www.espshop.co.uk www.mightymite.com www.coreoneproduct.com www.emgpickups.co.uk www.tube-shop.com www.whirlwindusa.com "They laughed at Newton, they laughed at Einstein, but they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." Carl Sagan > >> The clutch failed on my daughter's Focus at 72K. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > I wonder if the steering wobble you are talking about is a quite > impressive juddering normally associated with a buggered flywheel... > Wrong symptoms. > I had a warped flywheel on my WRX which [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Yes, you must remove the drive shafts to do a clutch swap, reason being is that you need to pull the transmission out of the car. there is barely enough room between the tranny and frame rail to slide the transmission out and pull the input shaft out of the clutch, let alone replace the entire clutch. Sounds liek the over extended the cv joint when pulling it out.
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