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hilux centre bearing

Tech talk for Hilux

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hilux centre bearing

Post by shavedtoy »

i am having trouble with the centre bearings on the tail shaft, and wanted to know what would be causing it and how to fix it.
it keeps coming out and bending and this is the second one i have totaly destroyed. should i space the bearing down to compensate the lift or fit a one peise tail shaft. any thoughts on this would be great.
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Post by 4sum4 »

get a one peice shaft and all the probs will go away
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Post by CV Smasher »

One piece with double cardan is the go!!! :cool:
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Post by bj56 »

dont u guys have dramers with bending the 1 pic i got a 1 pic for myne and the flangers wer rong but when i held it up in ther it looks like god rock smasher it sat a good 6 incers lower in the center
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Post by shavedtoy »

is there a one piece tail shaft out of somthing else that fits?
and double cardin joints what does that mean?
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Post by shavedtoy »

bj56 wrote:dont u guys have dramers with bending the 1 pic i got a 1 pic for myne and the flangers wer rong but when i held it up in ther it looks like god rock smasher it sat a good 6 incers lower in the center
thats what i was thinking it lowers the shaft in the middle
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Post by CV Smasher »

A double cardan is like a double uni (same as the one on your front shaft at the transfer case end).
A one piece does sit slightly lower but it solves a lot of head aches with centre bearings.
I had the tailshaft place make mine out of heaver tube and run the slip joint at the diff end.
I have hit it fairly hard and not damaged it too badly yet but you still need to drive carefully. :)
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Post by bazooked »

sounds like u need to get ur angles sorted out, they only got to be a couple of degrees out for u to start chopping them out. dont no who you got over there but driveline services or sum of the well known body builders should ave a pc program that can sort it out, and if ur twistin tubes go up a diameter or increase ur wall thickness.
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