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rhs drive shaft

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rhs drive shaft

Post by xj33 »

looking at making a rhs drive shaft for a hilux does anyone know what size steel i need,
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Post by banks001 »

i used, 50x50x5 and 40x40x4,

its kinda small, maybe something a bit bulkyer, check yamaha lux build up its a few pages back in the members now
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Post by Willy Hilux »

That should be heaps strong. Standard tail shaft are paper thin, ok maybe about 1mm.
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Post by stock 4runner »

nope if you read yamahas build thread you will see his twisted peice of 40x40x4
i was running 50x50x5 and 40 x40 solid that i had cross drilled to save weight and it didnt twist
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Re: rhs drive shaft

Post by xj33 »

going to try 50x50 & 40x40 any idea how long they need to be
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Post by 4RUNNER_01 »

xj33 wrote:going to try 50x50 & 40x40 any idea how long they need to be
Just measure the length of your shaft after the unis and make it about say 100mm shorter i think thats what i did havnt had any probs using those sizes for the last year or more.
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Post by specs »

^^^ what he said.
most i have seen and measured have been around 400mm long.
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Re: rhs drive shaft

Post by banks001 »

i just got 2 bitst that were 700 long, better to have more than not enough
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