Drive shaft lengths

PostPost by: tonyabacus » Sun May 29, 2022 10:58 am

With so many variations of shafts available, some with donuts others with a variety of other joints, are the basic shafts the same between an Elan an a +2
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PostPost by: elanfan1 » Sun May 29, 2022 11:40 am

The plus 2 ones are longer -a total guess but I’d say around 4 inches longer.
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PostPost by: billwill » Sun May 29, 2022 11:40 am

No, the +2 shafts are longer.
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PostPost by: elanfan1 » Sun May 29, 2022 12:35 pm

billwill wrote:No, the +2 shafts are longer.


Which is exactly what I’ve said. Duh
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PostPost by: tonyabacus » Sun May 29, 2022 2:40 pm

Thanks guys, looks like both of you replied at the same time.
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PostPost by: h20hamelan » Sun May 29, 2022 5:58 pm

The 5 speed are different for both again, thou duh & of course
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PostPost by: elans3 » Sun May 29, 2022 6:34 pm

Err, the O.P was talking about the drive shafts I believe (diff to rear hubs), not the propshaft.
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PostPost by: mbell » Sun May 29, 2022 7:47 pm

elans3 wrote:Err, the O.P was talking about the drive shafts I believe (diff to rear hubs), not the propshaft.


This is a us v UK thing, prop shaft is commonly called drive shaft in the US.
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