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diy double cardin joint
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:18 pm
by F'n_Rover
i dont know if i'm on the right track here but...
i've got a heap of old series prop shafts lying around giving me the shits
so i might as well turn them into something usefull.
if i get two uj yokes (the ones that bolt to the diff) and and weld their mounting faces together. would this be any different to the centre of a double cardin joint?
i realise i will have to rebalance and shorten the shafts - which i will have to do anyway.
hope this makes sense.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:55 pm
by ISUZUROVER
Don't see why you can't, but I would also weld some studs into the bolt-holes for extra strength.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:58 pm
by Slunnie
The DC joints in the middle have a "ball/socket" type joint that keeps it centralised and the uni angles equal. If you don't have that then I would have thought the propshaft will flap around everywhere.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:04 pm
by ISUZUROVER
Slunnie wrote:The DC joints in the middle have a "ball/socket" type joint that keeps it centralised and the uni angles equal. If you don't have that then I would have thought the propshaft will flap around everywhere.
I don't remember that on the Stage 1 propshaft I had. I think the DII shafts are probably a bit different.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:41 pm
by Slunnie
A bit different allright. They break.
How do the Stage 1 units stop from flapping around? Without a centre I would have thought the DC becomes like a second short shaft.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:49 pm
by ISUZUROVER
Slunnie wrote:A bit different allright. They break.
How do the Stage 1 units stop from flapping around? Without a centre I would have thought the DC becomes like a second short shaft.
I think it is because they are in line that they don't move. If they were rotated 90 deg. they probably would. The stage 1 DC is similar to this...
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 1:02 am
by GURU
Stage I has a ball socket joining the two uni's togeather (I have one here)