Bob C
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 01:07 PM |
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Universal/hooke joint source
OK I could stick with ford ones, but the flange is 110mm diam - way OTT for a bec. What's the smallest commonly available UJ I'll be able
to find in a scrappy?
Ta
Bob
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Mix
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 01:11 PM |
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Ever thought of looking in your socket set??
Mick
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locoboy
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 01:22 PM |
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you on about prop flanges?
ATB
Locoboy
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Mix
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 01:26 PM |
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Ooops!!!
There was me thinking steering 
Mick
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locoboy
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 01:49 PM |
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PMSL at some one turning up to SVA with a 1/4 inch drive knuckle joint welded to the engine output shaft.
SVA Inspector ' WTF is that?'
car owner ' well its halfords PROFESSIONAL'
pmsl
ATB
Locoboy
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locoboy
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 01:52 PM |
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Bob,
you could always try a bike scrappy, shaft drive bikes have a UJ at the engine end. its quite a lot smaller than the ford items.
ATB
Locoboy
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Mix
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 01:59 PM |
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Cue Woodster 
Mick
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ChrisGamlin
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 02:14 PM |
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Scary, you wouldnt really contemplating using a socket set joint for your steering column would you 
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chrisf
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 02:17 PM |
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quote:
you could always try a bike scrappy, shaft drive bikes have a UJ at the engine end. its quite a lot smaller than the ford items.
Or a ATV U-Joint. But I think BobC is concerned about if the UJ can take the required torque. These are a dime a dozen on eBay. However would he prop
not have to be a very small diameter as well?
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locoboy
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 02:23 PM |
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Yammy V-Max V4 has a UJ at the engine end of the shaft and its rated to 140 odd BHP no problems, IIRC they dont change that bit when they turbo them
either, so up to 350BHP and more torque than your R1 would ever dream of pushing out.
ATB
Locoboy
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Bob C
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 04:17 PM |
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Shafty bikes - interesting thought - yeah I'll follow that up. Yes it was the prop I was thinking of. There are 2 prop sections, for the back
section I'll put a donut at the front and a ford UJ at the back (has to bolt to a sierra diff)
The front section is really short so that's where I was looking for smaller UJs and possibly a slidey joint (save bike output from axial
loading). Thanks for your input geezers!
Bob
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Mix
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 04:27 PM |
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Scary, you wouldnt really contemplating using a socket set joint for your steering column would you
Well funny as it may seem, yes I probably would!
Whether it would pass scrutiny by the SVA is another issue.
However when you consider that the Sierra forward UJ consists of two shafts joined by a disc of flexible plastic then a decent quality 3/4", (or
even 1/2" ) socket set UJ seems positivly over engineered.
I concede that wear may become an issue but as far as integrity goes I think it would fit the bill.
Mick
[Edited on 15/3/05 by Mix]
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Peteff
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 04:53 PM |
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I agree.
The abuse my 1/2" socket u.j. has had would have ripped the rubber sierra one to shreds and it's still going strong.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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ChrisGamlin
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 07:54 PM |
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Fair enough, I guess it may be as strong if not stronger than an actual steering UJ, but I'd imagine that if you're driving for say an
hour, that joint is going to be moving to some degree or other for almost all that time, probably much more continued load / movement than it would
experience when being used for its intended purpose. Also its probably a chrome vanadium alloy so Im not sure if it would weld particularly well to a
steel column would it?
Sorry if this seems like a bit of a rant but with something as critical as the steering, if the proper item only costs a few quid (Gartrac amongst
others sell proper "Group 5" Escort UJs with splined or weld in ends for around £15) it seems a bit silly to instead buy something that
will cost almost as much then adapt it to do something that it isnt designed to do, in the hope that it will be OK
Only my opinion, I just dont want people to end up in ditches just to save a quid or two 
cheers
Chris
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Bob C
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| posted on 16/3/05 at 03:11 PM |
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just shelled £65 for a brandnew honda crx (?) (the 4wd thing) prop - looks nice & small & neat & tidy - that'll do for the front
section.
Cheers
Bob
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