Re: Going back to Rotoflex
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 10:11 pm
For the last few days I've been lying on my back under my Elan Sprint fitting / swapping a 3.7 diff for a recon 3.5 ,changing wheel bearings , diff bushes , loto cones , A frame bushes etc etc.
I bought a new set of solid drive shafts which I've done a few hundred miles on and for some reason I cannot settle with them so I'm fitting a new set of rotoflex tomorrow to finish the job.
I have run TTR solid shafts , Performance unlimited solids ( remember them ) , Spyder solid with one rotoflex coupling and standard rotoflex couplings , never tried CV shafts though.
For smoothness 'I personally' prefer the rotoflex couplings ( I run a set of TTR on my S3 without issues) I have never had a rotoflex let go on me although over the years I have seen some pretty rotten ones.
I had a diff output shaft shear on me whilst running a set of solids totally my fault as I fitted a set of solids without checking any of the other bushes then set about testing the benefits of the direct drive with some spirited driving.
With the solid drive shafts now transferring more of the energy directly to the wheels the diff bushes demonstrated their age , the diff twisted under load via the worn bushes and bang!
Nothing wrong with the solid drive shafts just a lesson learned ie check all your bushes as they are serviceable items.
Any one want a nearly new set of solid drive shafts with fixings?
I bought a new set of solid drive shafts which I've done a few hundred miles on and for some reason I cannot settle with them so I'm fitting a new set of rotoflex tomorrow to finish the job.
I have run TTR solid shafts , Performance unlimited solids ( remember them ) , Spyder solid with one rotoflex coupling and standard rotoflex couplings , never tried CV shafts though.
For smoothness 'I personally' prefer the rotoflex couplings ( I run a set of TTR on my S3 without issues) I have never had a rotoflex let go on me although over the years I have seen some pretty rotten ones.
I had a diff output shaft shear on me whilst running a set of solids totally my fault as I fitted a set of solids without checking any of the other bushes then set about testing the benefits of the direct drive with some spirited driving.
With the solid drive shafts now transferring more of the energy directly to the wheels the diff bushes demonstrated their age , the diff twisted under load via the worn bushes and bang!
Nothing wrong with the solid drive shafts just a lesson learned ie check all your bushes as they are serviceable items.
Any one want a nearly new set of solid drive shafts with fixings?