ceebmoj
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 08:54 PM |
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drive shaft
Hi
Got my engine the other day (bike) and the sprocket is further over to one side than expected I was wondering what sort of angle it is acceptable to
put on a drive shaft. I am building mid engine so it is from the engine to the diff and relatively short 30/40 cm from centre of the joints.
Blake
Ps I have also posted in the middy bit as well
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JoelP
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 10:40 PM |
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maybe consider putting CV joints on the drive (prop?) shaft rather than UV, if you are having a custom prop made ti might not be much more anyway.
uv's definately dont like big angles but i have no idea what is good or bad.
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suparuss
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 11:05 PM |
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shouldnt be any real reason not to offset your diff and shorten one drive shaft (the right in your case, if i remember correctly) and extend the other
side (may have to be a straight shaft going out to a support bearing then an adapter for the left hand shaft, like they do in some transverse front
wheel drive cars) i think to get a reasonable angle (and maintain a decent center of gravity) youd have to set the engine quite a distace from the
diff, and may make the rear end too long. with an offset diff you can probably mate it straight on with a single u/j or donut and itd only be about 3
inch away.
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