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rhs drive shaft
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:46 pm
by xj33
looking at making a rhs drive shaft for a hilux does anyone know what size steel i need,
Re: rhs drive shaft
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:15 pm
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
Re: rhs drive shaft
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:53 pm
by Willy Hilux
That should be heaps strong. Standard tail shaft are paper thin, ok maybe about 1mm.
Re: rhs drive shaft
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 5:24 pm
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
Re: rhs drive shaft
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:46 pm
by xj33
going to try 50x50 & 40x40 any idea how long they need to be
Re: rhs drive shaft
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 5:11 pm
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.
Re: rhs drive shaft
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 10:05 pm
by specs
^^^ what he said.
most i have seen and measured have been around 400mm long.
Re: rhs drive shaft
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:26 am
by banks001
i just got 2 bitst that were 700 long, better to have more than not enough