trigolf Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 I recently had to revisit one of my CV shafts endfloat setting - don't ask ! I wanted to avoid taking the whole shaft off the car, as that involves slackening the transverse spring to let the inner end of the shaft pass the spring leave clamp bolt and then crawling underneath again to disconnect the driveshaft at the diff. I needed to change the 'distance' piece (spacer). Of course it's buried inside the inner bearing race when in situ. So I ordered 10x small neodymium magnets for £10.00 sellotaped them together and managed to 'fish' it out. See pic. Gav 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 Nice, I take it the magnets didnt want to stick to the shaft or housing because they were all held end to end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigolf Posted September 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 Correct ! They strong enough to pull the spacer out, but not stick to the splines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulfc Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 Gav, Personally I think that’s an outstanding example of thinking outside of the box! Definitely a candidate for innovation of the year award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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