As part of my ever increasing 'winter spruce up' I noticed that one of my half shafts seems to of split or is leaking.
This is them together, standard sierra half shafts I guess.
both half shafts
This is a close up of where it seems to of split or is defo leaking, the greasey looking line right in the middle of the picture.
leaking half shaft
Are these easy to strip, re-grease and reseal?
Any guides out there as I could not find much at all.
Those don't look like standard sierra drive shafts, they look shortened - i'm mentioning this in case you look to get recon ones.
The cans are discontinued by ford so you're going to struggle with the recon. If you do find somewhere that sells them (or you can use another
cars) please let me know as i've got to rebuild some shortly.
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Originally posted by MikeR
Those don't look like standard sierra drive shafts, they look shortened - i'm mentioning this in case you look to get recon ones.
The cans are discontinued by ford so you're going to struggle with the recon. If you do find somewhere that sells them (or you can use another cars) please let me know as i've got to rebuild some shortly.
Many years back I bought recon kits from my local Ford main dealer. The kits contained the metal cans, rubber boots and metal bands to secure them.
Stripping the old metal cans off was fiddly and having to hold the joint together whilst peening the edges of the replacement cans was also tricky.
That said the recon'd joints worked fine and never leaked.
If the cans are discontinued (MikeR) that could well be a problem for you trying to source parts and do it yourself.
Also (MikeR) the shafts in your pictures do look modified (shortened perhaps) so exchanging them for normal ones may not work either.
I gave up on mine (wanting to ensure they were all 'new'
and switched to bolt-on's as they can be bought new off the shelf.
Fortunately it was post build so wasnt fussed by need to change diff and carriers etc.
[Edited on 28-11-17 by loggyboy]
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Originally posted by bi22le
As part of my ever increasing 'winter spruce up' I noticed that one of my half shafts seems to of split or is leaking.
This is them together, standard sierra half shafts I guess.
both half shafts
This is a close up of where it seems to of split or is defo leaking, the greasey looking line right in the middle of the picture.
leaking half shaft
Are these easy to strip, re-grease and reseal?
Any guides out there as I could not find much at all.
Could I be second on the list - this may save me getting some drive shafts made up
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Originally posted by MikeR
Could I be second on the list - this may save me getting some drive shafts made up
Thanks for the input guys, I know these are shortened, it is the cans on the outside ends that I am most worried about, especially as there seems to
be a grease leak and some wobble.
tims31, I will measure mine and take a look at your details tonight. I am interested in them.
If I decide to re-pack and just clean them up, I will let you all know as others are interested in them.
As assumed by all though, I have first dibs!
No probs
It is a pain if the recon parts are no longer available. Mine are original and will probably fail at some point.
Will be a pain if I need to change the diff, carriers and shafts to fix leaking boots.
Managed to measure the drive shafts I have for those that were interested,
The overall length of one of them is 755mm with the distance between the shoulders (see the lines on the image below) 540mm
The other one is 745mm overall length and 533mm between the shoulders
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As you can see, the shafts were cut down and sleeved then welded by Steve at Fury Sports Cars who has been doing thee for years.
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Some of the paint on the cans has peeled off a bit as you can see in the image but other than that they are unused and reconed by Fury Sports cars
Hi,
After further investigating, of mine, I am going to recon these, they dont need much work. Also they are not the right length for me.
Im out, MikeR, the are yours if you want them.
Thanks for your help all.
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Originally posted by MikeR
Could I be second on the list - this may save me getting some drive shafts made up
Only just seen the thread (been ill) will try to get into the garage in the next few days to measure up and let you know. Thanks.
Okay, no problems