jon200
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| posted on 27/10/11 at 06:31 PM |
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where to get a driveshaft welded up
I'm hoping to get an engine swap done over winter/spring.
I will need a custom shaft when I get to that point, I'm guessing I'd get the two halve machined and welded somehow?
does anyone have anywhere they'd recommend to do this or what would you do to get a custom shaft?
Cheers
Jon
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flibble
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| posted on 27/10/11 at 06:57 PM |
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Get Autoprop to make you one from scratch, £120ish
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jon200
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| posted on 27/10/11 at 07:01 PM |
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that's pretty reasonable, thought it would be more than that.
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 27/10/11 at 08:00 PM |
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<---------I should have Registered Trader here. I can do it for you
I did my own, I really wouldnt recommend you used it for road use though. I'm only doing it for mock up 'till i can get proper ones
made.
I drove a 7 once where a cut and shut driveshaft broke. I wouldn't trust them to be honest
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jon200
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| posted on 27/10/11 at 09:31 PM |
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awesome welding skills there Liam, do you weld for a living? Its the prop I need not the drive shaft sorry but its the same principle I guess.
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 28/10/11 at 06:43 AM |
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no i don't weld for a living but the guy who does weld for me on critical jobs is an absolute pro does it day in day out.
I wish I could weld that good 
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Talon Motorsport
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| posted on 28/10/11 at 07:41 AM |
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Finished solid shafts need to be heat treated before you can weld them properly, the weld just lays on the top of the material and you don't get
any penetration in to the material. They are ok for mocking up but after awhile they will seperate after alittle abuse. Unless you like waiting to be
recovered it's just for the best to get them made. Tubula drive/prop shafts should have the ends/splines/UJ's cut off each end and new
material put between them.
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 28/10/11 at 08:00 AM |
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^^^^^^^^^
What he said,
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MikeR
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| posted on 28/10/11 at 08:35 AM |
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If you do want to weld, then there is a prop place in Coventry that will friction weld drive shafts for you.
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