For all the Skodians with 4 wheel drive cars, get your propshaft coupling aka doughnuts checked. My car went for quick oil change on Saturday and my mechanic mentioned that the rubber around the coupling is well perished and has a bit of play in it. Apparently common thing on Haldex equipped cars and if left for too long it can cause damage to rear diff...

Skoda genuine part is not exactly cheap at £600 but there are cheaper alternatives

Edited 18 hours ago18 hr by MarioVrs

Not a term I’ve heard for a while! Propshaft donut was always a thing on E36 BMWs. Soft sink when engaging reverse to remind you it was there.

Good tip though - cheers Mario.

Hi,

What kind of play should be checked?

Is it rotational or axial?

How many km on the clock BTW?

Thanks! 😉

They usually start to go at around 70k miles from my experience and the tell tale sign seems to be a heavy vibration from the rear under load at about 2300rpm, heard more in higher gears.

6 hours ago, travs said:

Not a term I’ve heard for a while! Propshaft donut was always a thing on E36 BMWs. Soft sink when engaging reverse to remind you it was there.

Good tip though - cheers Mario.

Yeah I'd never thought about it myself but been getting vibrations in lower speeds and it turns out to be this.... getting the part ordered and will replace soon as possible

6 hours ago, Bap33 said:

Hi,

What kind of play should be checked?

Is it rotational or axial?

How many km on the clock BTW?

Thanks! 😉

Literally get the car up whether ramp or jack get underneath and grab propshaft near the coupling and try to move it side to side or up and down. It can also be checked visually for signs of perishing. My car has 52k miles so around 80k km?

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by MarioVrs

4 hours ago, skomaz said:

They usually start to go at around 70k miles from my experience and the tell tale sign seems to be a heavy vibration from the rear under load at about 2300rpm, heard more in higher gears.

Similar symptoms to mine

4 hours ago, skomaz said:

They usually start to go at around 70k miles from my experience and the tell tale sign seems to be a heavy vibration from the rear under load at about 2300rpm, heard more in higher gears.

Yes same signs as mine

17 hours ago, MarioVrs said:

Apparently common thing on Haldex equipped cars

Forgot to ask, if this is more common on cars with stage 1 or higher, or does this also concern stock version as well in same ratio?

Common on totally standard Yeti,s with Haldex. Much depends on age rather than miles covered and location location location as in weather, salted roads. Rusty Coupling, also cracking rubber. But often the obvious cracking is not an issue.