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anybody know if the the driveshafts off a mk2 or 3 will fit the mk.1 ?

ste... i dont know the answer, but your welcome to try some spare shafts i have lying around from a mk3 1.3cl

Lemme know...

Cheers.
Pete

Should be the same, I know my friend's '80 has the same

pete69zx wrote:ste... i dont know the answer, but your welcome to try some spare shafts i have lying around from a mk3 1.3cl

thanks for the offer pete it was information on fittment i was after at the moment (I'll let you know if i need some nearer to the time i can be bothered to repair the damn thing)

thanks nuttinnew i just thought VW might have changed size when they altered the bore of the shaft[/quote]

We used the original shafts with a GT box so should work t'other way as well

ste mk1lx wrote:

pete69zx wrote:ste... i dont know the answer, but your welcome to try some spare shafts i have lying around from a mk3 1.3cl

thanks for the offer pete it was information on fittment i was after at the moment (I'll let you know if i need some nearer to the time i can be bothered to repair the damn thing)

No worries Ste

Yes, they fit for sure as I have Mk.3 items on my Mk.1 The only change VW made during production was to introduce a shoulder on the flanges of the gearbox/inner CV joint sometime during the early part of 1980. Late joints will fit early flanges but not the other way round. After the 1980 change, all shafts/joints fit all years upto 1994.