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hilux centre bearing

Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 8:34 am
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.

Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:24 pm
by 4sum4
get a one peice shaft and all the probs will go away

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 2:58 pm
by CV Smasher
One piece with double cardan is the go!!! :cool:

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:54 pm
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

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:23 pm
by shavedtoy
is there a one piece tail shaft out of somthing else that fits?
and double cardin joints what does that mean?

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:24 pm
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

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:17 am
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. :)

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 5:52 pm
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.