I have just replaced the O/S drive shaft on my renault megane and as the removal was very simple i assumed that the fitting of the new one would just be the reverse of this so that what i did, how ever the gearbox end of the drive shaft doesn't seem to have connected properly as i am able to pull it away from the gearbox thus leading me to believe that i haven't connected it properly. I pushed it on as hard as possible but i can still pull it away from the gearbox. is there supposed to some sort of retaining/ spring clip to hold the drive shaft to the gearbox? ASAP responce please as traveling away this saturday and really don't want it to come off or damage anything else. thank you. Calum :)

Calum Cunningham, July 2011

there may be a spring that pushes the part that fits in gearbox [i think it pushes from yoke to either drive shaft or gearbox part[ the spring pressure stops it from detatching at gearbox end.

k, July 2011

i believe there should be a spring ring on the end that goes into the gearbox and holds the shaft in position, remove shaft and check for groove about 5mm from end of shaft that takes a metal ring...

ray, July 2011