Driveshaft corrosion

[philip295]

Due to my incompetence, I split an inner driveshaft gaiter. I replaced the driveshaft with a second hand one from ebay. When removing the original one from the car, I was surprised how badly corroded the threads were.
After I fitted the replacement, I smeared a little grease on the exposed threads.

I found a Karcher bottle top was a perfect fit over the nut and threads. The wheel and centre cap still fit

 

[Plasmid_Boy]

I periodically scrub it with a handheld wire brush and coat it with anti-seize every time I take the wheels off. BTW, not important but I think that you were referring to the drive axel and not the drive shaft.

 

[philip295]

I periodically scrub it with a handheld wire brush and coat it with anti-seize every time I take the wheels off. BTW, not important but I think that you were referring to the drive axel and not the drive shaft.

I may have been. I'm in the UK. The terminology is probably different. We would call the shaft from front to the back of the car a prop shaft. Is that a driveshaft in the USA?

 

[Plasmid_Boy]

I may have been. I'm in the UK. The terminology is probably different. We would call the shaft from front to the back of the car a prop shaft. Is that a driveshaft in the USA?

Ah, yeah. Sorry for not noticing your location.