johnbull
27-04-2004, 01:55 PM
ALLOY DRIVE SHAFTS.
We all agree that the blue alloy drive shafts are lightest and we would all like to use them on our touring cars, but they wear too much.
Well I think I've found a solution. I have managed to make rubber dust covers for the CVD ends. They are now packed with grease and hopefully the grease will stay in. All they are is a piece of shrink tubing. Actually 2 pieces each. Here's how it's done.
1. Shrink a piece approx. 6mm long on the outer end of the shaft, just near the ball end.
2. Assemble the CVD.
3. Cut a piece of shrink tube about 1.5cm long by a bit more than the diameter of the CVD housing, and slide it over the CVD. Leave an overhang of 1 to 2 mm on the hub end.
4. Now heat it. When it shrinks that 2mm will hold it all in place and stop it from sliding out. The other end will shrink to seal with the first bit you put on.
5. You may need to dremel the hub a bit outside the inner bearing just to give the whole assembly more space.
As I use MR4 Special front hubs on my SDs, it wasn't a problem with mine because these hubs have much bigger bearings, but I did need to dremel a bit on the rear ones which are standard Sd items.
Wouldn't it be nice if they made rear hubs with the big bearings too.
Regards
Joe from sunny Malta.
We all agree that the blue alloy drive shafts are lightest and we would all like to use them on our touring cars, but they wear too much.
Well I think I've found a solution. I have managed to make rubber dust covers for the CVD ends. They are now packed with grease and hopefully the grease will stay in. All they are is a piece of shrink tubing. Actually 2 pieces each. Here's how it's done.
1. Shrink a piece approx. 6mm long on the outer end of the shaft, just near the ball end.
2. Assemble the CVD.
3. Cut a piece of shrink tube about 1.5cm long by a bit more than the diameter of the CVD housing, and slide it over the CVD. Leave an overhang of 1 to 2 mm on the hub end.
4. Now heat it. When it shrinks that 2mm will hold it all in place and stop it from sliding out. The other end will shrink to seal with the first bit you put on.
5. You may need to dremel the hub a bit outside the inner bearing just to give the whole assembly more space.
As I use MR4 Special front hubs on my SDs, it wasn't a problem with mine because these hubs have much bigger bearings, but I did need to dremel a bit on the rear ones which are standard Sd items.
Wouldn't it be nice if they made rear hubs with the big bearings too.
Regards
Joe from sunny Malta.