Good Morning Everyone

I am hopefully going to use the propshaft from my Scorpio donor car, but it has a propshaft with a centre bearing. Do I keep the centre bearing and shorten each end or do I need to use a different propshaft from another car. Or when the propshaft gets shortened do I loose the bearing alltogether?

Thanks
Colin

Dont quote me on this but i think the centre bearing will absorb most of the propshaft vibrations.

It depends on wat engine/gearbox and how far/straight it is to the axel
Unlikely you will need it imho, youll need a very short plain prop made/or yours cut up/modded

It depends on wat engine/gearbox and how far/straight it is to the axel
Unlikely you will need it imho, youll need a very short plain prop made/or yours cut up/modded

Both answers are basically what I was thinking, on the one hand leaving it in might help cut down any vibration but on the other, by the time the engine gearbox is in, there will only be about three feet of propshaft left so is it really worth it?
What did everyone else do?

buy a new prop shaft - there about £120ish

my prop was from dunning and fairbank, £130, can't whack it.
you should only need a single piece prop (don't quote me on that, not sure why they are sometimes used and sometimes not)
think you might find the scorpio one is too long anyway

I think the Scorpio one will be about the same length as the whole car

Thanks for your help, I am certainly leaning towards a one piece, much easier to build in I would think.

Cheers
Colin

Got mine from bailey morris http://www.baileymorris.co.uk/

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Originally posted by blakep82

you should only need a single piece prop (don't quote me on that, not sure why they are sometimes used and sometimes not)

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One little propshaft with no middle bearing it is.

Thanks all