franky
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 05:44 PM |
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Could these drive shafts be made???
Hi all...
If I wanted to use a subaru diff and nissan hubs could I get a set of custom dirveshafts made that go from subaru diff to the nissan hub? The datsun
ones are old UJ's, I was hoping that if I got a set of driveshafts for my diff I could get them altered to suit so i'd end up with modern
CV joints...
Who would you ask about it? how much would I pay? is it possible?
Cheers.
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designer
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 06:42 PM |
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Anything can be made!
Take your bits and ask any local machine shop.
Maybe a welded sleeve to join the shafts?
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austin man
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 06:59 PM |
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Sure can. We had a om made for a Escort RS turbo using the mondeo gearbox so one end was Mondeo and the other for the Escort. A guy local to us made
them out of a high grade steel £20 od quid per foot. We told him how lon it needed to be and took him the old shafts as a pattern for the splines. I
think the total cost was £250 for a pair of shafts the cv joints where re used
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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franky
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 07:06 PM |
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where was that?
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iank
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 07:54 PM |
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A lot of the autograss boys get them made here:
http://www.berrisford.co.uk/index.php?cPath=45&osCsid=vvn8igu1071f8mi1ppl1c4sqm1
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 09:05 PM |
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don't sleeve them, get them made one piece.
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franky
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| posted on 30/4/12 at 08:34 AM |
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Stupid question time......
Berrisford said yes no problem, they only make shafts though(£320 a pair).
How is a driveshaft constructed if they can only supply a solid shaft? Where can I get shafts built with CV joints or can I build them into unversal
cv joints? I'm a little confused!
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mcerd1
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| posted on 30/4/12 at 10:14 AM |
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^^ depends on the type of CV joint
the lobro ones use plain shafts with a spline on each end and the CV's are held on with circlips - these are the ones that you get on
sierra's with rear discs and some BMW's aswell as loads of other makes/models
but they need a flange to bolt onto at each end
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/mcerd1/DSCF1960.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/mcerd1/lobros.jpg
[Edited on 30/4/2012 by mcerd1]
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 30/4/12 at 11:56 AM |
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^ wot he said, I have made hybrid driveshafts with volvo 850 inners and xr 4x4 outers. They are sleeved and welded at the moment for mockup but I
intend to have them made in one piece. I have been involved with a sleeved shaft that failed.
these particular shafts are splined and are retained by circlips
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franky
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| posted on 30/4/12 at 12:06 PM |
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Where i'm struggling is the output flanges, they're part of the driveshaft so it looks like I can't do it.
A company in the states makes these
http://www.betamotorsports.com/products/products.php?cat=11
which means I can just fit my standard driveshafts, with new UJ's I guess.
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