dr-fastlane
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| posted on 4/1/06 at 07:34 PM |
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Tricky question
I’m thinking of re-design my rear suspension. The driveshafts that I have are from an 2,0 Sohc Saloon with rear drum brakes. When refitting the bolts
securing the hub carier and brake backplate to the lower suspension arm, the two driveshaft joints of the shaft will be compressed (spring inside).
The driveshaft must be therfore something longer. Now my question: How much is this compressing?
Who can help me?
Cheers Roy.
 
Rescued attachment driveshaft.JPG
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JoelP
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| posted on 4/1/06 at 08:44 PM |
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have you made your own lower arm? id remove the driveshaft and see how much play is in it, in and out, and try to work out how much you are
compressing it. You can always add a spacer to move the hub out, can't you, as its drum brakes 
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froggy
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| posted on 4/1/06 at 11:49 PM |
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wehter they are lobro or tripode type shafts there is plenty of in/out movement built in to the driveshaft. looking at your archive you have retained
the bulk of the sierra subframe so i cant see why you willl get any different amount of movement of the driveshaft in/out than in its original
application HTH
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dr-fastlane
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| posted on 5/1/06 at 04:14 PM |
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On the pictures in my archive it is hardly to see, but the suspension arm is 3 cm wider on each side. So I made the driveshaft a little bit longer.
Don’t laugh, but I also made an enormous mistake with the lenght of the driveshaft. And have not thought about this compressing thing......The old
ones don’t compres. So i have to make new driveshafts and i’m thinking of new and lighter suspension arms. To do this I want to know how much this
compressing is. 
[Edited on 5/1/06 by dr-fastlane]
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dr-fastlane
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| posted on 6/1/06 at 04:16 PM |
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Today I’ve been to a local car dismantler and bought me a set of drive shafts. And such as the most things in live, the solution is more simple as I
thought in the first place. Because I made the rear suspension arms 3 cm wider. The standard Sierra driveshaft i bought today must be made 3 cm
longer. And trow the old ones away. It is so easy. Why I have not thought about that in the first place!!!
Cheers Roy.
[Edited on 6/1/06 by dr-fastlane]
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