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sierra drive shafts
loughlin1 - 19/9/12 at 06:39 PM

looking at a sierra drive shafts today and notices that 1 end was true and straight and the other was a little off so was the other side in other words if you were to put them on the ground and roll them they would roll in a circle IS THIS CORRECT or are they wrong THE SHAFTS ARE STRAIGHT

snapper - 19/9/12 at 08:04 PM

Push or bolt on?
There is a bit of give in both types and the UJ's can move on the splines or within the tripods

loughlin1 - 19/9/12 at 08:20 PM

they are bolt on but the one end of each shaft seem to be out of kilter and is solid but it is diff not straight and true

loggyboy - 19/9/12 at 08:25 PM

If they dont wobble, then they are true and straight, I would assume the roll in a curve is down to difference between the spline count/diameters? Do they only fit in a specfic cv?

loughlin1 - 19/9/12 at 08:31 PM

they do wobble as you say and they are bolted on the diff maybe this is correct just seemed odd

Mr Whippy - 19/9/12 at 08:40 PM

never noticed any wobble in them and I can't think any reason there would be other than they are bent, has anyone jacked the donor up on them? seems a bit odd

loughlin1 - 19/9/12 at 08:42 PM

i will take them back to the guy i bought them off i didnt think they were correct thanks

loughlin1 - 19/9/12 at 09:50 PM

i was speaking with the machanic and he said that the reason for that is as the car travels on the road the shaft moves with the camber of the road to make a more comfortable ride they are ok but thanks for the help

Mr Whippy - 20/9/12 at 06:39 AM

quote:
Originally posted by loughlin1
i was speaking with the machanic and he said that the reason for that is as the car travels on the road the shaft moves with the camber of the road to make a more comfortable ride they are ok but thanks for the help


tbh even after reading your first post several times and then you last, I have zero idea what you are getting at or what you are looking at! makes no sence