As far as I know, they are not rebuildable, however having said that I would like to know what joint that was actually used because I believe that it is the same joint that Canely Classics uses on the CV axle shaft conversion. If that is the case, then new ones could be obtained, and welded on to the DRIVESHAFT to fix an old one, and I could use them for my own AXLE SHAFT conversion. I already have the outer CV joints from a 1500 FWD car and all I need is to get some inner joints that fit the diff. These would!
As for the current drive shaft fix, the best bet is to get another drive shaft from an earlier car with double u joints, not a CV jointed one and rebuild that. You may have to re-size it as there are different lengths, depending upon which engine trans that you have. The problem with just replacing the CV joint with a standard one on your shaft is that You need some sort of sliding spline arrangement to take up the small amount of travel that still exists even thought the engine and transmissions are mounted securely (there is still a little bit of travel because of the rubber mounts). This is accomplished by either a sliding joint in the Driveshaft somewhere (In your case, the CV Joint) or in the earlier shafts, by a strap arraignment on the Driveshafts (you need to see it to understand how it works). Simply welding another u joint on the end of yours will not allow for the small fore aft movement,and will put a large amount of stress on the engine and transmission mounts, causing them to fail very quickly. Barry Schwartz San Diego, CA Original Message: ----------------- From: Kevin Rhodes [email protected] Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:57:56 -0500 To: [email protected] Subject: [Spits] "CV-Joint" driveshaft My car has the driveshaft with the big can-like cv-joint thing on one end and a regular U-joint on the other. How do you service that big joint? I assume it should have some grease in it or something? I've noticed that it has a good bit of play in it and lets out a clang on occasion.... Kevin Rhodes Westbrook, Maine Freddy the mongrel Spitfire - still going strong after 15 years (!) of ownership You are subscribed as [email protected] [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft. Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html You are subscribed as [email protected] [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
