My mk4 petrol is as tight as a drum to drive, no squeaks or rattles best car I've ever driven. Great video.

"it can get a liittle bit tight" hahaha that's what I call an understatement. Love your vidjeos man.

Thank you,Alan.I enjoy your teaching.

Nice one Alan 😊 Great video again 👍🏻 You’d make a great teacher as the students I’d love your humour🤣🤣 Keep them coming cheers Stevie

Most interesting , thanks , and you can't beat a good bang ! :)

I’ll stick with my MK 4 I think, don’t think I’ll be upgrading anytime soon 😬

I would get my drive shaft from JR Driveshafts in Birmingham 2 yrs unlimited mileage warrant, I have used them many times on various jobs and never let me down great quality and service and Half the price of main dealers

I love your videos. Great jobs. Attila from Romania 🇷🇴

I think I am going to be sick. 2 months ago I purchased a very lightly used (as in 18,000 miles) 2013 Fusion/Mk5 Mondeo. Perhaps the 1 thing that I am noticing that I am not crazy about is the way it feels LOOSE when you let off the accelerator and then get back on it. My first thought was " spongy " engine and/or transmission mounts. There is no clunk...yet, so I hope this is not the same problem that I am having. Thank heavens I purchased an extended warranty that covers the car until 2026 or the 100,000 mile, whichever is first. EXCELLENT video, btw.

Yet again a great video 👍👍👍👍👍

Your videos are amazing and detailed. We need great mechanics like you in London. Most if not all are dumb or play dumb around here to skin you alive. Nobody wants to even open a drive shaft, they want you to buy a complete one, and charge you £100 to fit it on. Minimum. Where are you located?, I might move near you just to have a decent honest mechanic . Keep up the good work. Honest knowledgeable mechanics are a rarity in London.

I've just had mine replaced on a mk4. It's been clunking in first gear for about 2 years. During this time the garage had replaced the outer part only and wheel baring, where they felt some slack. It was fine for some time, then sound came back. After I've had other work done on the suspension, the sound was gone again for a while . Every time work had been done on the right side, the sound would go away and come back. Refitting everything was probably taking up some slack until it would start acting up again. Now I've changed the entire drive shaft and finally, after 2 years it's solved.

I work for a leading automotive parts distribution centre, it’s pretty common for Dealers or garages to take part of a kit and return the rest as not used. We have to check it before we resale. It’s annoying. They even try to return a fitted part as new and get their money back. One garages fraud is another’s inconvenience if we miss it.

Interesting update, see yah..!

thanks for this Tutorial

Great videos. Love the way you present. That joint looks like it came from the factory without grease. Seems to me (based on my personal observations and your experiences) that Ford are built cheap but repairing them is very expensive.

Hi Alan We have just got a Mk5 Titanium X 180 and I had a vibration on acceleration. It's just gone back to the garage and they are saying drive shafts. And as you said the Mk4 was fine. We have just sold a mk4 and that was as good as gold.

You are one lucky git. Working on stuff that isn't rusted solid. Look how easy it all came apart! Ford does seem to have issues with drive shafts. I saw one worse than that on a Focus ST.

Look forward to the next one 👌

Makes me sad and glad that I gave my Mk5 up.

Huge thanks for your videos! Really helpful stuff! Any chance there was a part number on the bearings? would be interested in trying to source just the bearings and dont really want to wait till i have the shaft out of the car to find out, the unavailability of after marked drive shaft components puts a real strain on the budget working on this bloody car!

Hi Alan ! When installing back the complete drive shaft, do you know what's the amount of torque force that needs to be applied when mounting back the 32mm hub nut ? Thanks for all your great videos ! I really like your style :) ... so keep up being you ... you're great !

First to watch and i know for sure it’s going to be another great video

Alan The best. !!! Gruß aus Deutschland

My 2015 2.0L Mondeo estate has developed a fault whereby I can also hear a “clunk” and when I grab the outer driveshaft near the cv joint, if moves up and down. Apparently, the outer cv joint is £350 and a complete driveshaft with the inner and outer cv joints will cost £390. I need to investigate further before I spend my money

Love your videos, maybe u can make a video about different powershift gear problems with this car?

Brilliant videos Alan, theyre bloody hilarious! Question is, whats your personal car? Do you like the familiarity of a Mondeo of your own or are you sick of the sight of them?

Hi fella had the same with my mk3 st220 inner cv falled and destroyed the carrier bearing fords wanted over 600 quid for a complete shaft and a 3 week wait

Hi Alan I have a 65 Ford MONDEO 1.6 Titanium can you tell me the Auxbeam led bulbs is everything you need in the box do you think they are worth buying thanks keep up the great work brilliant Chanel Tony 👍🏼

@Alan Howatt your videos have been such a help to me despite it being a Mondeo, I have a 16 plate S-Max Mk2 (most parts are the same chassis wise though), and I have just had this same exact issue. Ford say replacement every 180k on my car and mine has just done 187k so got my moneys worth. I just bought 2 complete new drive shafts from Ford and its cost me £1149. So you got the lucky part of the deal lol Do you find the rear suspension bushes are atrocious? I have squeaking from my car but not sure what's the one wearing!

Mk5’s Mondeo’s are lovely, but a nightmare

I’ve had the same issue with a mk4 1.8 2009. I just replaced the bearings

Hi Alan. Really love your videos, as do the whole of the mk5 community. I have a 150TDCI and getting a really bad vibration when i accelerate, in your opinion and experience, it's there a particular place/ side i should be looking on my drive shafts?

1. What is the part number of this inner joint cross joint, where can it be purchased? 2. How much play does the new driveshaft have?

Hi, I have a 2015 mk5 mondeo and when I pass 100kmh the vehicle starts to vibrate a lot. I have already detected that the bearings and bearing housing are loose. Could you help me find the bearings and bearing housing reference? Thanks

he`s lost his bearings ...Ok, i will see myself out

Another excellent how too video 👍 if you think it's necessary ( do you ever change gearbox oil ? 🤔) if so ,,,, any chance you can do a How too change a mk4 mondeo gearbox oil video ????

Alan, What parts did you buy to complete this job please? Or anybody else that has completed this job.. Cheers Ricky

can't be any worse then a aftermarket set of shafts I bought for my mk2 all the joints clicked out the box.

Hi Alan :) Today I've noticed a little bit oily driveshaft - the longer one. It's not much oil, no drops, just a little bit wet near gearbox. My car is Focus mk3.5 2 litre diesel 150hp and as I suppose MMT6 gearbox. I think the problem is driveshaft sealant, but I don't know that replace it now or wait - it's not a leak, just maybe 4cm wet driveshaft (counting from gearbox). Anyway. Is it difficult to replace that sealant? As I understood, I must drain the oil from gearbox, remove tyre, remove main driveshaft screw to, remove swingarm pin and unhook it, unscrew the support bearing cover, and what else? After what I saw at this video, driveshaft should go easily out of gearbox? Do You used some lever or something else to get the driveshaft out of gearbox? Thanks :)

All us mechanics are nutters lol

Does the 350 pound come out of your money or the drivers

thank you alan.i have a mark 4 mondeo.i had a question is wheel alignment needed after doing this job?

Good morning, and sorry I'm writing with the translator) if you could help me where I can buy the same pieces, I have the same problem. Thank you

Were the parts really stolen from the parcel? If so, the suggested course of action is to refuse accepting it when it arrives. It will be then sent back, leaving the burden of figuring out who takes the responsibility between the parcel company and the sender.

What do they say FORD stands for? Is it Fix Or Repair Daily?? 😁😁

Did the mk5 inner joint have the black Molly grease in or normal you would think ford would put molly in the kit the Molly would last longer!

Not a good idea to spray wd40 near joints... As we all know oil (petrol) doesn't make a pair with rubber... it corrodes it. I wonder about the grease is it silicone based?

Hi Alan, do you know what type of grease goes into the inner/tripod/spider cv joint (name, type, NLGI grade etc) and where best to buy it? Would it also mix with the existing grease in my 2008 Galaxy 2.0tdci 140ps? The situation is that the inner boot slid off while doing something else and my intention is to simply it more grease without taking the shaft/joint off.

Where can I find those bearings? I've the same problem and need to place only bearings, i had my problem on the passenger side :(

My inner joint is gone to on my mk4 it half popped out and boot what’s off on same end I found one off the spider bearings the needle bearings had fallen out well most of them how do I get the bit out off gearbox to rebuild drive shaft thanks

How about on AWD model? Any issues? Is it better to avoid them?

Why not normal cv grease? Looks like the grease was the problem.

Al final tengo una pregunta ?! Cual.es.mejor ?! MK4 o MK5 ?! Puedes contestar ?!

Is this a known issue? What was the mileage of this car that you had to replace it?

Hi Alan could you tell me what the torque is driveshaft nut please

Sir u are my last hope, I have wobbly wheel at 90+km/h, I changed almost everything on the front side, wheels, bearings, suspension side, nothing saved my car. Could driveshafts cause this wobbling problem if they don't feel bad as in your video?

Did u had also a rotating squicking noise when driving?

If you have an account with ford, then are they trade prices your quoting? Guess retail prices would be a lot more?

2017 mondeo var bende 8000 bin km de daha aks arızası verdi değiştiler kronik galiba

Hi all. Does anybody knows the spare part FINIS code for this inner driveshaft?

Has anyone managed to identify these 3 bearings yet?

Is the driveshaft available, as a cheaper after market part, at your local motor factors?

Did this issue cause a wobble when driving?

Where did you buy that kit ? Thanks

where were the needle bearings at ?

Can you buy just the spider and 3 bearings, rather than the whole drive shaft assembly?

What is the part number on this set?

Do 2018 Jan have this problem?

Dude... i only replaced the boot on the axle and my bearings were in perfect shape after 270k km... Apparently my focus 2.0 tdci from 2009(Non DPF) is better made... Fucking hell ford what are you doing?????? Not to mention that i've never had engine problems apart from the intercooler hose which i fixed for 2$.

Would this present with a clunking when steering to the right?

Wipe this shaft a lidl lol. What was the mileage on this one?

Viele Dank fur Video. Kannst du mir parts nummer geben? Danke

How long is the warranty .For a car less than 3 years old.what was the milage.