Can anyone tell me what this part  is called as the brass ring on top has shattered thanks 

 

Drive shaft cup/ flange

 

8 hours ago, Mike97 said:

Drive shaft cup/ flange

 

Cheers I'm trying to buy one from somewhere but can't seem to find one. The only one I can find is for a 1.9 diesel. Looks the same as mine as I got a 1.2 petrol. You know if they're different in anyway? 

Wait a moment, what do mean the 'brass ring' has shattered? It's a drive flange, they don't go wrong, do you mean the retaining circlip has broken and now it doesn't stay in place?

13 minutes ago, sepulchrave said:

Wait a moment, what do mean the 'brass ring' has shattered? It's a drive flange, they don't go wrong, do you mean the retaining circlip has broken and now it doesn't stay in place?

I still got the clip the bit I circled has broken 

It's supposed to look like that! Tap it in and crack on.

3 minutes ago, sepulchrave said:

It's supposed to look like that! Tap it in and crack on.

That's not my one. Mine is in about 6 peces 

Christ, this is like pulling teeth, yes, if the gearbox is the same then the drive flange will fit, engine type doesn't matter.

VW would need a very good reason to retool and change such a generic part. That 'brass ring' is just a thrust washer designed to squash enough so that there is no endfloat once the circlip has engaged, hence the slots.

Don't the diesels use M10 bolts?

Will find a part number for you after lunch. What year is your car?

Looks like it might only be the vRS diesels that use M10 drive flanges.

You can buy that bit that's broken separately according to this page (item 11 - 020409374) might be worth getting a price tomorrow morning from your local dealer/TPS?

44 minutes ago, Wino said:

Looks like it might only be the vRS diesels that use M10 drive flanges.

You can buy that bit that's broken separately according to this page (item 11 - 020409374) might be worth getting a price tomorrow morning from your local dealer/TPS?

 

I think it's only the six-speed boxes that use different flanges, the fives should all be the same.

5 hours ago, Wino said:

Looks like it might only be the vRS diesels that use M10 drive flanges.

You can buy that bit that's broken separately according to this page (item 11 - 020409374) might be worth getting a price tomorrow morning from your local dealer/TPS?

Okay. Do you know if this is an official skids part number? 

Yes, it is. (Assuming skids = Skoda).

020 409 374

4 minutes ago, Wino said:

Yes, it is. (Assuming skids = Skoda).

020 409 374

Yeah sorry my phone doesn't recognise "skoda"