Tailshaft / uni joints

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Tailshaft / uni joints

Post by Point » Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:48 am

took my brumby for a rwc the other day and one thing I was knocked back on was play in the uni joints. on closer inspection it looks to me that the uni joints are the non replaceable type. ( I gather you can tell by if there are clips holding them in? ). I did a quick search and it seems that they can be converted to the replaceable type, but the cost is a bit high. so my question is, can I swap it for another tailshaft with replaceable joints (earlier model?) and if I can't find a brumby one, will the wagon ones fit?

failing that does anyone near townsville have a tailshaft they don't want?

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Post by Point » Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:56 pm

all sorted...the circlips are on the inside :o

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Post by AndrewT » Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:55 pm

Glad its sorted. For future reference the tailshaft place I've used here in Perth charges $100 per uni joint to replace the "non-replaceable" type with new replaceable ones.

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Post by Alex » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:29 pm

i'll have to grab the name of this place off ya andrew...i seem to be having sum tailshaft issues too..

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Post by steptoe » Sun Apr 22, 2007 7:27 pm

AndrewT , do you have a part number for the uni joints used in this case ?

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Post by AndrewT » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:13 pm

no sorry I dont, they are the ones the tailshaft dude thought best. I didn't think to become that involved in the process.
Although I think I will next time because one of them has started to flog out again....I'm going to look into getting them to put something more substantial in.

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Post by steptoe » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:02 am

one of my L series uni looks machined out coz has circlips and is RUJ 1781 from a nissan - if that helps

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