gday im new to subaru and long post (sorry)

sleeper_leone · Post by **sleeper_leone** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:43 pm

been to our loacal wreacker today to see what this will cost in parts
and its cheaper than i thought
$350 for everything i need to convert mine from a 2WD auto to a 4WD
5speed
im going to do this for sure.
looks like i gotta do the head gaskets too now f%#k it

Chris_Rogers · Post by **Chris_Rogers** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 7:09 am

MechaWagon wrote:Why will a long one snap? Surely you just go larger diameter on the pipe to suit? The wagon donor will have a shaft anyway (they do fit don't they?)

at 130km mine used to resonate big time. unis would wear quickly as well ( I never saw more than 15k between changes.) shaft was 3.5" dia.

tim,

L series is 12" longer than MY. part of the reason it is a two peice item

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:27 am

The distance between the rear output stub on the gearbox and the diff flange (ie length of tailshaft) does NOT have 12" of difference between MY and L.
If it does, then can someone explain why these people running L series 5 speeds in their MY's use the stock L series tailshaft with the only mod being to add bearing carrier mounts?

Suba · Post by **Suba** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 1:19 pm

I too ran a one piece tail shaft behind an EJ18 with LSeries 5 speed in an MY and we did about 25 thousand k's with that shaft , top speed was about 170 kph.

Mike.

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 2:02 pm

I should add that although it's shaft is 20mm shorter than Mike's wagon's one and my wagon's one, the coupe has sat at ~242km/h for a minute or so next to a GTR with a 320km/h speedo.

Private road.

smoov · Post by **smoov** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 3:22 pm

tim_81coupe wrote:...the coupe has sat at ~242km/h for a minute or so next to a GTR with a 320km/h speedo.

Private road.

mattl200 · Post by **mattl200** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:23 pm

Chris_Rogers wrote: at 130km mine used to resonate big time. unis would wear quickly as well ( I never saw more than 15k between changes.) shaft was 3.5" dia.

was the shaft modified
if so were the uni's orintated the same on both ends

missalingment of uni joints ie. having one end rotated 45degrees out on one end will cause stress on tailshafts and cause them to snap.
so will having differant angles on the gear box and diff ends of the shaft

Chris_Rogers · Post by **Chris_Rogers** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:13 pm

nah I had it rebuilt locally by a driveshaft shop in archerfield. everything was correct according to them. used to resonate after 130Kmh. the original snapped in half and took out two stub axles and a set of tyres. this was also a single piece item.

mattl200 · Post by **mattl200** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 10:32 pm

ok no idea

i know people here in tassie running single peice shafts not a problem
th guy that does them balances them at the same time though.