Thread: rubber coupling

I replaced mine recently and also did the locating pin and bush at the same time - my car has 250K on it so it was due and helped reduce vibration in the driveline. I think it was about $150? for the lot. Replacing the rubbur uni is pretty easy - the nuts and bolts ar 19mm and a racheting spanner helps.

The bush and locating pin are a pain. I dug the rubber out of the bush leaving the metal outercasing which sits insite the end of the driveshaft -then hit it with a quick arc weld and when it cooled it shrunk and came out easily.

You need to make up a simple puller to get the locating pin out - I bought a high tensile long thread nut and bolt from local hardware. There are threads on it how to get it out on this forum.

But you may just want to do the uni and leave the bush and pin alone if they are ok.

best

Willis

thanks, changing the rubber is easy.
i am meaning replacing the rubber coupling with a proper uni joint, needs a d1 rear axle and different pinion setup, more research required.

Originally Posted by Yorkie

thanks, changing the rubber is easy.
i am meaning replacing the rubber coupling with a proper uni joint, needs a d1 rear axle and different pinion setup, more research required.

You don't need to change the axle, you need to obtain a RRC rear prop shaft, they have unis at each end, and a 4 bolt pinion flange and a couple other things,
There's a Tutorial here,http://www.discoweb.org/rotoconversion/index.htm

geeps I just seen mine is over flexing and waring on the nuts I was thinking that looked bad, thats till i seen that pic