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Thread: Getting rid of the double cardan. Using a Defender propshaft

  1. 18th November 2015, 12:03 PM #21
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    I've worked on a lot of different types of vehicles and I've never seen a tail-shaft bolted to the flange without nuts.
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  2. 18th November 2015, 12:13 PM #22
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    Yeah I will get some nuts tomorrow
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  3. 18th November 2015, 01:42 PM #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marty90 View Post
    I've worked on a lot of different types of vehicles and I've never seen a tail-shaft bolted to the flange without nuts.
    The flange is threaded yes?
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  4. 18th November 2015, 01:58 PM #24
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    The flange is threaded yes?
    Just saying,never seen it done like that,Only with Nylock nuts or nuts and spring washers. Wonder why they went to the trouble of cutting the thread.
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  5. 18th November 2015, 02:46 PM #25
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    Prop shafts are prone to vibration and anything that reduces the possibility of bolts coming undone and the flange uncoupling has to be good.

    Cut threads can wear, you can replace worn bolts and nuts, it's much more expensive to replace a worn thread in a specially machined flange.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies View Post
    Prop shafts are prone to vibration and anything that reduces the possibility of bolts coming undone and the flange uncoupling has to be good.
    It looks like the bolt in the 4 o'clock position has already started to undo. Unless they never put it in fully when the shaft was fitted...
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  7. 18th November 2015, 04:56 PM #27
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    Probably not enough room for nuts , if it was mine I'd make the bolts shorter and use medium strength thread locker. Exposed threads might be OK for on road....... Then again if it was mine I would've stayed with double cardan.
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  8. 18th November 2015, 09:04 PM #28
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    Hmm, it doesn't look like it's out of phase like a 90/110/130/D1 shaft either ?

    Land Rover set the single uni shafts up out of phase to cancel the vibes.

    An old mate of mine with a 110 didn't realise that until an old driveshaft bloke pointed it out to him when he had the front prop bebuilt. Commented the 110 Isuzu was a bit smoother with the uni's out of phase, and he was an ex-Land Rover engineer !
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  9. 18th November 2015, 09:33 PM #29
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    Upon a closer inspection I can see the tcase flange has been re-drilled new holes. It was already like this before I went to this shop to built and install this new propshaft. (My 'original' double-cardan propshaft was already modified by a previous owner - Why would someone do that??)...




    Also I was able to see that the bolts ARE NOT undoing, the 'exposed thread' is actually washers:

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  10. 18th November 2015, 10:44 PM #30
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    So they tapped the holes because they're hard up against the transfer case flange and nuts wouldn't fit, this is the modification you mentioned.The more I look at it the more I don't like it.Hate to sound negative but some things on a vehicle you don't take chances with, steering is one,brakes another and I'd put this in that category.I'd be putting this one down to experience and getting the right prop-shaft fitted.
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