Perdana, Maintenance

I've been taking corners real hard lately and it seems that it took it's toll on the driveshafts. Those two shafts hadn't been changed in the past seventeen years.

What you will feel with a worn driveshaft :

• Vibration on acceleration. Only sometimes, sometimes during certain speed. This is not common, hence, causing mechanics to troubleshoot wrongly. This is usually freeplay in the inner drive shaft, or CV joint in other words. Constant Velocity Joint.
• Rattling or cracking noise when turning out of sharp junctions or corners. This is common. This means that the outer drivershaft joint is worn.

A driveshaft is what transmits power from the engine and transmission to the wheels and they take alot of stress, especially rotational stress. If you ever notice a leak on the driveshaft boots(thick grease), get it replaced ASAP before it causes further damage.

 Adrian comparing the new and old driveshaft. He had to double check as the car is a manual, not an everyday thing they buy.

 New and old

There is a lot of freeplay for this inner joint. Grease was also splattered all over the lower part of the engine bay.





















I also bought a few things as I had to make use of the credits I had from the supplier, as per below :

A unit of lightened crank pulley, air filter and filter adapter.


















The crank pulley was half the weight of the original one and it didn't come with a damper, I cannot be bothered anyways as no one makes lightened pulleys with built in damper for a 4g63.
The K&N filter is a replica which was purchased at no more than RM60.00, and the filter adapter was needed to fit the air filter.


Everything was finished just after midnight and I took the car out for a spin after washing the engine bay. The car immediately felt lighter and I could hear the pure roar of the 4g63. The car was much more responsive in terms of rev. However, loses power when the radiator fan kicks in.

This only means one thing.... HEAT.




Elton