on the mk2 spline it's just a sleeve which can be grinded off, if the cabby has this too it's probably a sleeve aswell, how-ever Richard might be right that all cabbies had the same spline, i dunno about that. cut-off for europe was late 87 (88 model) for the mk2's

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