Renault Clio 1 2 16v 2004 Drive Shaft Replacement And ABS Reluctor Ring
In this video we replace the front nearside driveshaft on this Renault Clio 1.2 2004. The ABS light was on and the reluctor ring (tone ring) ABS ring was cracked.
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Loving the old intro again, thanks for teaching us how to work on our cars
Absolute legend! used this video to replace the shafts from my Twingo 2008.
Good effort. I was amazed that those three shaft end bolts came out with such seeming ease. Dirty, cramped business!
Did this on the wife's clio, I decided to drain and refill the gearbox and change the bottom ball joint,while I was at it. We've had our clio 13 years now and it's a great little car for the home mechanic to maintain. Great video as always!
Thanks Gareth
You sir, are fantastic, I can't thank you for this video, enough! I'm a complete novice and know nothing about cars. However, despite this, and with thanks to this very simple and concise video, I've managed to replace my reluctor ring with very minimal fuss. Great stuff, and thank you again.
Well done bud. Glad the vid helped.
Great video and very helpful many thanks. I need to do this on my Kangoo so I do hope those splines come out of the hub as easy as yours did. But I must admit you surprize me all that messing about with gearbox oil, all I use is 3 or 4 feet of 3/8 clear tubing and tight fit funnel a bit of wire or whatever and hook it onto the bonnet catch and just pour it in until it over flows . I cannot be the only one who has thought of this. Love your stuff keep them coming.
I use a garden sprayer,the ones that you pressurise.for refilling the gearbox. Another great tutorial video 👍
A small idea for you Martin a piece of old carpet helps with the knees mate we ain't getting any younger but the knees are getting older, lol. it saves my knees as I have to do all our own repairs on or car as well hope it helps keep up the good work
Thanks Bert, I keep forgetting lol
Old towels in a rubble bag is what I use. Can double as a pillow for when you're under the car too.
Nice to see the old intro back & another great video Martin!!!
Great vid. Making it all look easy now. Think id trust you more than a garage.
So would I Dave lol
Great video Martin very informative for those who have this car
Great video. I don't even own a car, just a motorbike, but enjoyed watching this! Cheers :)
it's interesting to see what cars you are working on that the us don't have, I hear you have the old theme back, you came to your senses on that,good to see your doing good and doing things your self!
Haha, Yes the old intro is back by popular demand lol
Great stuff Martin , do enjoy all the car related stuff .
I subscribed only because you made this loook so simple yet my mechanic had charged me 170 to do I’m 18 and gonna change it myself
nicely done Martin, cheers Steve
Excellent video, I've really been enjoying your channel over the past year since I found it. 👍
Thanks Mike
This is great because he does it in the driveway with simple tools. Just like i have to. I have a megan but same method applies.
Hello Martin Loving the music and another great video. It was much easier to do that one than my transit connect lol Jack
Another great informative video. Thanks Martin.
Very good video,everything is clear. 👍
Superb as always Martin. Very helpful and informative approach to car maintenance which is hugely beneficial to many of us lesser skilled mortals !! Great to see you had a little helper supervising Grandad to make sure he did the job properly!! Looking forward to more videos from you. All the best. Tom
Haha, well spotted Tom, Time and motion study I think she was doing lol
Great job! Why are there three roller bearings going into the transmission? Why not just splines ?
Great video 👍🏻thanks for uploading , very clear and easy to follow
Glad it was helpful!
I agree Dave. Top job.
very useful Martin great job. :)
Martin, you need one of these,12v Ultimate Speed Oil Suction Pump. good job
nice one martin good job done there .
I have an old square of carpet to kneel on and normally after a session of banging and clattering it normally collects the grease and rust and makes it easier to clean up or a quick tool roll if the weather changes and you don't want your tools rusty. If it gets wet or to dirty I just replace it... Cardboard is ideal if you have big sheets but not many people buy big stuff that often.. Your son is very clever... He is going to change it for a mate... ... Hope he paid you in beer tokens
Haha, I always mean to get something to kneel on but always forget lol
Great vid Martin 👍
fantastic enjoyable content cheers m8
That's a good job you dun there 👍👍
great work as always
thank you for the guide cheers
Love your videos Martin
another great video Martin
Thanks for returning the old intro. Just didn't seem like the real retrorestore without it. Not sure I like the Renault axle seal. Leave it to the French to create two potential leaks instead of one. Not to mention the disaster a split inner boot would cause. They always did do strange things. Probably why we haven't seen one over here since the 80's. Hope the ABS light went out....
Renault are actually the most reliable of the European brands these days and have been for the last decade at least unlike all the German brands that come out as poor for reliability in the actual break down charts here in the UK and are being slated for their unreliabilty and crap customer relations all over the world. Mercedes uses a lot of Renault engines etc in some of their cars now with their A-Class being Renault Megane underneath and their Citan van being a Renault Kangoo with a different grill, dashboard and badges and made in the same French factory as the Kangoo's and yet you get the usual mugs paying lots more for the Citan just because it has Mercedes badges on it. We have used Renault Kangoo vans, and Clio vans, for a long time and they are very reliable and had no problems with them - I liked the Kangoo so much I bought a 2008 Kangoo DCi Expression car version which was the last of the original generation and it is very versatile and can be used as a car, van, mini-camper etc. This has also been very reliable.
very good....thats what i need and loockin for thx
Thank You Master!!
Very informative video , good engineering. Good luck.
Thank you very much!
Another super video Martin cheers👍👍
Also nice to see the old titles back 👍👍
Another great video, but I do worry about your watch in these video!
Great vid again mate, keep up the good work 👍
thanks James
top video fella,as always..........
Good job Martin.
Cheers George
Job done, nice one mate. Baz.
Thanks Baz
Ok thanks for the reply
I Like the old intro!!!
Ok thanks you
182 has failed MOT on NF ABS so I'll be doing this Wednesday. Only the ring after 126k on an 05 so not bad.
there is different lenght which one did you got? Or could you please tell us which after market brand it was?
Top man
Good man.
Would it be easier to slide the retaining bracket right down the shaft as the other end looks a lot thinner so it should slide right down and off, then on the new shaft? Cracking video. Love all your vids as you show every step! Like a Haynes manual in video form 👍 Keep up the good work 👌
I see what you mean but it wasn't a problem.
Exellent😊
How did you put it back in ? There's a locker there , mine keeps coming out after fixing everything and the gear stops functioning
Did I see the inaugural run for the restored axle stands? U make these jobs seem so easy :)
Yes you did Ian lol.
Ska intro 🤩
Its back by popular demand lol
Hi Martin good video, nice job could you have undone the pinch bolt on the lower ball joint instead of those 3 tricky/tight ones ? Just asking all the best
The pinch bolts can be a right pain, I had big issues with it when I replaced the ball joint so these should have been easier as these were new bolts.
the best place for recon driveshafts in the uk is cps drivelink in Newcastle . most auto shops in the uk use shafts from the eu and experience i have had doing this work is the cps drive shafts are better build quality that the eu shafts
Shame they've gone into administration
Thanks!!! Just one thing I am not agree with - tightening of the wheel hub must be with when the wheel do not touch the ground, mean, somebody holds the brakes...
hi mate have you ever changed the inner anti roll bar bushes on a mk2 clio as can't find any info on the job thanks mate andy
Sorry Andy, I haven't
Cheers
Hello. Can you help me? Is the left axle the same for the twingo 1.2 16 v 2003 as for the clio 1.2 16 v 2003 ??
Don't know bud, sorry
Notice the little tyre kicker in the background checking her old grandads work.
Haha, well spotted lol
Clio1 and Twingo1 same procedure?
Is the method similar or the same on a Megane MK2 Convertible with Manual Gearbox? I mean the suspension is built similarly?
They are all pretty similar.
Great how to video Martin. Looks like a load of editing. Is this an older video maybe before the new intro was made?
No Bri, I've gone back to the old intro as people wanted it back. Its a new video.
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Nice one Martin. What was the cost difference from a new CV joint and new driveshaft? As previously I have just replaced the CV joint as it’s cheaper?
Don't know as Jimmy supplied it.
retrorestore oh ok. What was the brand of that light you were using looks bright and handy with stand and portable.
Just a generic Video light from Ebay
Good teaching video. how long did the job take you thanks
Not long, Hard for me to say as I film it as well.
Ive repaired a front wing which had a fairly small hole in it with some filler,sanded it down, primed and painted.How long will it last for?
Who knows lol
The car's mot isn't till december so hopeful it will last till then. It was reinforced from behind and treated but it could have done with a replacement wing. Heard anything regarding the Acclaim bootlid?
He won't ship it.
That's a shame. Its a long drive but it would be worth it.
What make ratchet did you use as I'm looking to buy a new ratchet.
I need a new one too lol
Hi I have problem with my Clio 1 2 16v 2004 abs and SERV light appear in the dash board and record fault both rear abs sensor and when I go to garage to repair the sensors we found the both right and left rear rings is damage my car is same your car and my front rings teeth numbers is 44 . And I want to know size and teeth numbers for rear rings please
Sorry, I don't know.
The other type of abs reluctor ring has 26 teeth buddy. Before pulling on the strut leg it not a bad idea to loosen off the strut top centre nut or you could unseat the top bearing and have lots of little balls falling all around you.
Looks like i'm the first.. Work Tomorrow... So i'm holding off going to bed..
And shared 😂😂
Awww, the old Renault desease. They do not really know what versions or varieties of parts were build in. :)
I had a Clio and it went through no end of cv joints and the ABS light kept popping up every time you moved your seat.
Yes, that's a common fault on these.
Maybe you have been buying cheap cv joints as we have not had any trouble with the cv joints on our Clio vans or Kangoos either and these are driven hard. The ABS light keeping coming on is the plug under one of the front seats usually the drivers seat and is not just a problem with Renaults as it is a problem on most cars - as if the wiring to it is slightly too short or is being pulled tight by the carpeting etc. You can extend the wiring or just cut the plugs off and solder the wires together or replace the plugs with better ones. The ABS light on my Kangoo Expression comes on every so often but all I do is reach under and push the two sides of the plug together and that puts the light out again until the next time. I may try and replace the plug at some point in the future but having a bad back and it being in an awkward place under the seat I will probably just stick to what I am doing since I know that is all the problem is.
Who knows? the car is long gone now.
Martin can your drive a van at 20 year old escort van
Don't know bud.
I enjoy your videos Martin but you do let the side down, sometimes, with the simplest of things. I can't believe you re-used Ny-Lock nuts on a safety critical suspension component! Let's pray it does not come off as we have video evidence!
Check again bud. A new nut was fitted at 15:38 You can clearly see at 3:47 that it is a different nut. Come on Elloitt liven up bud.
They recommended 280 Nm ? That is very hard forced tight, That is way beyond what a cordless impact drive can release
I have a cordless impact that can release 280Nm. Ryobi do one. I've tested it on crank pulley bolts and driveshaft nuts and it can handle it.
Most decent nut runners (DeWalt, Milwaukee etc.) can deliver 950Nm with over 1600Nm of breakaway torque... That's way beyond anything that even I would remove. It would be that tight you would sheer the bolt first lol.
Yes, I understand that if you have professional tools and equipment, But this channel is mainly about the home mechanic, Who probably at best has a cordless impact drill / Driver from a German supermarket with at most a 20 V Battery
I don't know why they put the gearbox fill plug in such an inaccessible position, it's a nightmare to fill it up with oil!
Yes, I agree Victor
First!
Nah way; ;p
Get yourself a bit of cardboard to lie on. I've a box from a new tv and it's much better. We are not getting any younger...
get old impact wrench out
Yes, with hindsight, I should have lol
good job tho man keep it up
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