[DeTomaso] half shafts and u joints

asajay at asajay.com asajay at asajay.com
Mon Apr 20 14:19:18 EDT 2009


Please view this album for photos of the halfshafts:
http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=1508

or:
http://tinyurl.com/crhojq


Asa Jay

Quoting JDeRyke at aol.com:

> When I said the two halves should be at 90 degrees to each other, I meant
> the crosses should be parallel. If you assemble the halfshafts and set them
> on the ground, the crosses should be flat to each other- one should NOT be
> cocked at all. This is much harder to explain than to do!
>
> Some halfshafts are indeed balanced with welded washers. But in fact, the
> halfshafts are small in diameter so the amount of imbalance is not very much
> and all the parts are quite close to the center of rotation. You have 3
> choices: assemble and drive: if you feel any excessive vibration at   
> high speeds,
> you'll have to do something. If not, you lucked out. Or you can try
> interchanging the pieces until the vibration goes away. Third choice  
>  is to take the
> halfshafts to a driveline specialist shop and they will re-balance the
> parts. Once you have them so there's no vibration, metal-stamp the pieces so
> this doesn't happen again. Good luck- J Deryke
>
>
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