Re: Cv driveshaft query?
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 2:32 pm
originalsprint wrote:Interesting "Grizzly" - I think the thing that most impressed me with the Australian system was that all the original character of the car was totally intact! I'm all for originality and indeed I retained all the original driveshafts so it's easy to convert the car back to the original rotoflexes however, the rubber that has to be used now is inferior because they can't use the chemicals they could "back in the day" and I really don't fancy loose rubber and metal ripping into the glassfibre underneath the car, not to mention breaking down miles from nowhere! I have no experience of the other units on the market but I was mightily impressed with how original the car still drove...
I agree, i would not entertain using anything but Genuine Lotus Metalastik rotoflex's and they get checked Monthly. Might just be me but i like the windup and the way the Rotoflex's act almost like a rear antiroll bar that you just don't get with CV's.
I drove my +2 daily for years with Rotorflex's there ok just as long as you keep an eye on them, as you say don't cut corners and buy the cheap crap you see for sale so often on places like Ebay (asking for trouble) i've had one fail and ironically it was a Bolt that failed not the Joint but didn't stop it smashing the caliper of the hub casting.
As i say if you buy quality CV joints there great for every day use but i'd want to see a quality makers stamp on the Joints (too much cheap rubbish used in the past) i've fitted a pair of shafts for a friend that had the extra output shafts i was told they where Elantrix but looking at the pictures i think they where RD Enterprises. If i was going to buy some now i'd be going for that type myself they where great quality and performed well (might be my imagination but they seemed longer between the joints so didn't lock up on the 2 seater with stock droop)