Having a quick look around under the car pre MoT, noticed that the joint seemed to be suffering from the bonding between the metal and rubber breaking up.

Doesn't seem to be fatal, worst case the outer metal ring might detach and clang about, but the joint seems mechanically ok.

 

Has there been any experience of problems, apart from probably initial vibration? Looks like it might not be as simple as it seems, might have to remove/loosen some shielding and the central bearing, possibly exhaust to get the central pin out of the bush in the joint.

I'd rather try to replace in warmer/drier weather as I have to work out in the road (drive on a steep slope)

 

 

Jerry,
There is a thread over on the other Yeti Forum about replacing that exact part.might be worth looking at it.

40 minutes ago, Llanigraham said:

Jerry,
There is a thread over on the other Yeti Forum about replacing that exact part.might be worth looking at it.

Hi Graham - another Yeti forum - are they friendly over there.

 

Ok, I'll have a look in the morning, if it looks too difficult it might be a visit to my favourite Skoda dealer - thanks.

11 hours ago, Yety said:

Ok, I'll have a look in the morning, if it looks too difficult it might be a visit to my favourite Skoda dealer - thanks.

The biggest help there is the price for a Skoda part and a good part being £323.07 difference!

I needed this replaced on my Octavia.  A febi bilstein doughnut was around £100 and fitting looks relatively straightforward.  However Skoda will only sell you the full propshaft at about £750!!

22 minutes ago, skomaz said:

I needed this replaced on my Octavia.  A febi bilstein doughnut was around £100 and fitting looks relatively straightforward.  However Skoda will only sell you the full propshaft at about £750!!

A bit out of date with prices, this was a price from Skoda posted yesterday.
""""The part number is 5Q 0521 307 and they would like the princely sum of £470.92 (inc vat), the parts depot double checked and confirmed the price. Out of curiosity I asked how much the whole propshaft was, just over £1,800 I do like someone with a sense of humour.""""

Mmmm, not exactly what I was expecting, thanks for all the information. I think I'll avoid the dealer.

 

Yes, I've already seen the prices of various joints/damper, but it seems to be relatively not straightforward. Possibly "kinking the propshaft to get the joint apart entails quiet a bit of dismantling - which as I mentioned in the first post would have to be out in the road.

As I might need the OSF lower suspension arm replacing, I might leave it until after Xmas and get a local Indie to do both things. 

I've already had the NSF arm done early last year with him, probably a consequence of a lot of running about on gravel roads and worse.

I'll jack up the car and have a wiggle (technical term) about tomorrow to confirm what needs doing.

3 hours ago, Urrell said:

A bit out of date with prices, this was a price from Skoda posted yesterday.
""""The part number is 5Q 0521 307 and they would like the princely sum of £470.92 (inc vat), the parts depot double checked and confirmed the price. Out of curiosity I asked how much the whole propshaft was, just over £1,800 I do like someone with a sense of humour.""""

 

Interesting...   As those quotes were from April 2021 and for parts only.

 

I did check with an independent re fitting and as noted they weren't too concerned having done a few A3s etc before.