Thread: Vibration cured - check the rotoflex

I've gone through two rotoflexes in under 100k. Once with warning on normal roads (it vibrated under load); and once without warning in the Simpson. The latter was a catastrophic failure. There may have been vibration but you couldn't tell over the corrugations etc. It meant that despite carrying a spare rotoflex, I had to limp out on rear shaft only (with assistance from time to time) as the flanges were irrepairably damaged and one bolt snapped.

So, my advice is, if you go off road with heavy loads, change the rear shaft to a normal cardan jointed shaft (its a common replacement).

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Andrew

There has been a re call on some of these,i think it was on them sold as spare parts,not supplied OEM.
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Originally Posted by Andrew D

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Andrew

So, 14 quid for one of those sets (not sure which is the best). I suppose that would be about half the price I paid landed here from UK. I paid $140 for the coupling, bolts and bush kit locally.
Steve

If you went the cheapest it would probably be $40 - $50 landed in Australia. (most expensive ~$100)

I buy almost 99% of my parts from OS for this reason.

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Andrew

Originally Posted by Andrew D

If you went the cheapest it would probably be $40 - $50 landed in Australia. (most expensive ~$100)

I buy almost 99% of my parts from OS for this reason.

Regards
Andrew

Ditto. I bought a Hardie spicer rotoflex, bushing and 3 bolts washes and nuts from rovah farm for $70 total. I had looked around after I bought it and found suppliers about the same cost with all 6 bolts for the same cost. Only thing is that you have to wait...

Originally Posted by trevor

Ditto. I bought a Hardie spicer rotoflex, bushing and 3 bolts washes and nuts from rovah farm for $70 total. I had looked around after I bought it and found suppliers about the same cost with all 6 bolts for the same cost. Only thing is that you have to wait...

The waiting part has not been a killer for me. Generally two weeks or less and you have the part.

I regularly buy stuff and replace it long before (potentially) before it's cactus (routine maintenance).

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Andrew

When I bought my last one a few years ago (before the great exchange rate) I was offered 3 versions from Karcraft in Sydney. As described by them, Type A was OEM and around $100, Type B was equivalent non OEM coupling for around $80 and Type C was cheaper inferior quality for something less again (I can't remember). I generally find they supply same gear as overseas with about 10% premium.