Dead Prop Shaft

[alexturner]

Hey Guys,

Driving home at 1am in the morning (now) and after hitting a bump in the road my car began squeaking quite loudly. After popping the bonnet and finding nothing out of the ordinary I began looking underneath the car. It was then I discovered that I have killed my front propshaft. I'm heading away to the Simpson Desert on Friday and need to sort myself out quickly (in Sydney).

I think the reason i killed it was my 2" lift. Where can I find the spacer from or am I better off installing a double cardon shaft from a D2?

Thanks guys,
Alex

[cols110]

What did you kill, the actual prop shaft or is it just a UJ that failed?

Were the UJs & sliding coupling regularly greased.

If it is just a UJ replace them.

My 110 has a 2 inch lift and cops loads of abuse in the desert but I regularly grease the UJs & sliding joint & have had no problems apart from twisting the rear shaft like a pretzel after a hard landing with the power on.

[rainman]

I second cols110's opinion - a 2 inch lift shouldn't have caused you any problems. The sqealling sounds to me like a dried out dead UJ. Rip the shaft off and take it to a driveline/driveshaft place. They will be able to replace it (hopefully quickly ). I could recommend a place in Brisbane, but......

Once the shaft is out lock your CDL and at least you still have rear wheel drive.


James.

[rainman]

.... actually, lock your CDL before you take the front shaft off, especially if you're parked on a slope . Ooops.

[Loubrey]

Alex,

Your's a Puma? The slight change in the location of the T'case seem to cause prolems on some Pumas when lifted. Now, there many chaps out there with no issues, but there has been a few threads of people having difficulties after doing lifts. We all know that they are individually unique in many ways!

Double cardon prop might be the best option, but if you go that way you might as well get a good aftermarket (uprated) one. I'm sure some good advise on options will be posted soon!

[alexturner]

Hey guys, thanks for the quick reply.

I'm quite sure it's a U-joint - even though I've got the UJ's sitting in my garage I thought it safer to buy a new bar for $200 pickup tomorrow in Sydney. I just don't have the time to dick around :P

[Yorkshire_Jon]

Suggest you get over to Hardy Spicer.

37a Heathcote Road
Moorebank, NSW 2170

Tel: 02 9600 6333

I recently took my front double cardon prop over to them. They worked there magic whilst i waited.

Credit where its due - fantastic service.

hth
Jon

[LoveMyV8County]

Yep, 2" (maybe a bit more?) lift killed my front prop, the already slightly worn UJ didn't like the operating angle. I was doing about 90km/h on a country road at the time; had fun hammering the floor straight again...

Now I listen for squeaking, grease fanatically and have dropped the car back to normal height.

[Yorkshire_Jon]

If you put the lift back on you should seriously consider either an "extreme wide yoke" or an "extreme double cardon prop" from baileymorris.co.uk (not the disco one).

They are excellent units and we sold many when we were in the UK.

[alexturner]

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