DIY propshaft?

[dogwood]

Originally Posted by HandyAndy

Dogwood...... do you have a photo of your installed prop please, pref showing the gearbox end & the joint you made to fabricate it please?

thanks
andy

Sorry Andy mate.
Just checked, Thats one pic I ain't got.
If it ain't pissing hard tomorrow I'll get the car out and take one.

As for the joint, I cut the donut end off.
Then put it in the lathe to give me the shoulder to reweld the pipe back on.

Hope this little pic helps


David

[HandyAndy]

thanks David, yes that diagram does help, yes please to a pic as long as you don,t get wet

i,ll give it a go tomorrow, if it works then great as my wallet can breathe a sigh of relief for a little longer

thanks everyone for your input, much appreciated.

cheers
andy

[dogwood]

Andy.
Can you send me a PM tomorrow to remind me.
Coz I'm bound to forget.

Yea, Yea...Alright so I've had a sherbert or two ok...

David

[HandyAndy]

no prob, & thanks

andy

[flyerncle]

Place in Team Valley can balance it for you !

[Land Locked]

For those looking for a way to lose the huge rubber "do-nut":

I put a gearbox from a sierra into my old cortina many many moons ago. Found the cortina yoke didn't fit the sierra box, so went back to the scrappy with the box and raided his propshaft collection. Found that the yoke from a hilman vogue fitted the sierra box in terms of the splines, just needed to be shortened by about an inch. Even the UJ's matched.

Back to the original question, if you get it lined up properly and your welding is good there should be no problem except possibly/probably balancing.

[les g]

Andy
100% agree with all these guys
a flexible joint at both ends is a must and diy props are achievable
you just got to weld it true
and an old trick for when its on the car
if you have a slight vibration put a jubilee clip around the shaft and run it .if no better rotate it slightly etc etc until the vibration goes i have seen up to three jubilee clips used to smooth out a vibration
cheers les g

PS. it wasn,t my welding LOL