evo3500
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 posted on 11/9/06 at 01:25 PM |
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custom driveshafts
Help has anybody had custom driveshafts made sierra outer freelander inner to fix to freelander diff.
If not does anybody know who can make up custom driveshafts
thanks Simon
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JoelP
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| posted on 11/9/06 at 01:29 PM |
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gb engineering always gets mentioned, but im sure any prop manufacturer could make half shafts too.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 11/9/06 at 01:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
gb engineering always gets mentioned, but im sure any prop manufacturer could make half shafts too.
quite probably not! Most may not have the spline cutting facility required.
don't know if GB Eng have the tooling for freelander splines but give them a try
01270 841081
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JoelP
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| posted on 11/9/06 at 02:32 PM |
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well, the place i went to in bradford imply they can do driveshafts on their website. Whether they would be as experienced as Geoff is another
question entirely.
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lsdweb
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| posted on 11/9/06 at 04:07 PM |
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Where are you?
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chriscook
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| posted on 11/9/06 at 04:36 PM |
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Fisher use Freelander diffs on the Fury and I think stikk use Sierra bits at the outboard end - it might be worth giving them a ring.
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Kissy
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| posted on 11/9/06 at 04:40 PM |
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Who do GTS use to shorten Sierra shafts?
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Mike R-F
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| posted on 11/9/06 at 04:48 PM |
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This might be a bit far away for you but Euro Driveshafts near Kilmarnock in Scotland made a new custom shaft for me some years ago & very good it
was too! They also produce a wide range of halfshafts and could probably adapt something. I found an exact match for the driveshafts from a 1958
Peerless GT there & now the club source from them. Do a Yell.com search for driveshafts in Ayrshire to find them. Very helpful.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 11/9/06 at 05:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
well, the place i went to in bradford imply they can do driveshafts on their website. Whether they would be as experienced as Geoff is another
question entirely.
sorry Joel, was a bit brief but too busy for big answers!! Meant that a lot of prop people buy the splined ends in and just weld them to tubes or
assemble the uj's
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JoelP
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| posted on 11/9/06 at 08:03 PM |
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no probs nat, i roughly followed you anyway! Is there an advantage to cutting your own splines? Cost? Better results? One day soon (ie within a few
years! ) i will need some shafts myself!
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cossey
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| posted on 11/9/06 at 09:03 PM |
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the fisher ones are just half a freelander one and half a sierra 2i welded together with a sleeve (ill get a pic in the morning) the sierra shafts are
the thicker of the 2 push in ones.
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cossey
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 09:27 AM |
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freelander/sierra hybrid drive
 
freelander/sierra hybrid drive
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ianbs
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| posted on 29/9/06 at 04:36 PM |
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So this welded / tubed solution will meet SVA requirements?
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NS Dev
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| posted on 3/10/06 at 02:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
no probs nat, i roughly followed you anyway! Is there an advantage to cutting your own splines? Cost? Better results? One day soon (ie within a few
years! ) i will need some shafts myself!
just realised I never answered!
The advantage is the shaft is one piece, the splined bit is integral with the rest of the shaft, it's light and there are no welds etc.
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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