hey all i seem to have trouble with the centre bareing in my tail shaft whereing out.. any one else have this problem and if so what have you had done to get arround it?
its just a normal vl auto tail shaft to the BW diff any idears
and if yo have got a custom tail shaft what dose it consist of and from what shop and a price?..
cheers
If the car's lowered, the centre bearing tends to wear out quicker and makes a whining noise. I wouldn't recommend putting a one piece if it's driven regularly because the angle of the tail shaft puts more strain on the uni joints and yolks, and you'll have problems bottoming out everywhere. Best option is get your one reconditioned.
As above, you can either get the length adjusted to suit a lowered car or adjustable upper trailing arms can straighten out the pinion angle and put less strain on the joints
been through 2 tailshafts... its a bitch i get a lot of tail shaft whip though my auto so thats what does mine but mehh wouldnt go once piece it rattles a **** load when taking off and that
I suppose it all comes down to how much power your punching out, they are usually pretty good but I would put in bigger uni joints before going a one piece shaft.
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Originally Posted by cookie350
hey kelly give morgan a call he just got a heavy duty one built.
yer i rang that bloke on monday and whent and saw him on thursday..
the options i was given for up gradeing the tail shaft wer as follows.
vn- shaft stock centre bareing and bigger uni's - this would not help me as my prblem lies with the centre bareing so yer and i think that was the same one morgs got made up. arround $400-$500
he also spoke of a centre baering that is apparently no longer in production that was used on some sor of ausie race cars but are no longer available as the now use 3 unis and some how changes it all.
or i think it was 1350? series unis yoke and cv and a f100 centre bearing he recons i will not break this.. $1250.. he showed me all the parts for this one and it looked like a verry serious peice of tail shaft all the parts wer alot biger and impresive
during the next week i will call arround an see what other places can do for price.
I also had a one peace tail shaft except the uni seased and yer i didnt really like it i will prob fix the uni and sell my one peice
Speak to JC about 1 piece tail shafts... his wrecked alot of stuff. Keep the two piece.
Upgrading uni sizes is a great idea too Kel as you dont want one breaking and the shaft going through the floor.
When I got my diff made up they put the standard yolk on it. Engine builder was getting the shaft made up and told me that he wouldnt fit it to my car unless I upgraded uni's. It was bugger all difference but he said that I'd be shattered when the shaft came through the floor on a launch... glad I did it now... bit of peace of mind.
Anyway, back on topic
