Help with Plus 2
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Post by: sprintsoft » Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:30 pm
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Post by: ncm » Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:31 pm
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Post by: gus » Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:49 am
Every image I can find of early 3 series axles are cv joints
If the car is not complete it is not a huge deal to lift the body up. The Sierra is a nice diff, so if it can be used it would save money
Back in the day people would cut VW axles in half and reweld them shorter for Elans
If the car is not complete it is not a huge deal to lift the body up. The Sierra is a nice diff, so if it can be used it would save money
Back in the day people would cut VW axles in half and reweld them shorter for Elans
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Post by: Spyder fan » Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:28 am
I have been reading through this and you have my sympathy.
To try and be helpful could I clear up that you have universal joints and not cv joints? As per the post from Gus E31 BMW's use CV joints as per the 2nd image. The 3rd image shows a set of sliding spline universal joint driveshafts for an Elan
universal joints
CV Joints
To try and be helpful could I clear up that you have universal joints and not cv joints? As per the post from Gus E31 BMW's use CV joints as per the 2nd image. The 3rd image shows a set of sliding spline universal joint driveshafts for an Elan
universal joints
CV Joints
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Post by: Woody7 » Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:54 am
Hi guys
Thanks so much for all the help - just to clarify, the shafts have universal joints(I was under the impression they were from a bmw E21 Could be wrong. The main problem is the UJ binding / locking because of the angle, so by what you are saying a cv joint is the way to go and keep the Sierra diff. I like the idea of modifying vw shafts. Again, thanks for all your help, this is a brilliant forum
Thanks so much for all the help - just to clarify, the shafts have universal joints(I was under the impression they were from a bmw E21 Could be wrong. The main problem is the UJ binding / locking because of the angle, so by what you are saying a cv joint is the way to go and keep the Sierra diff. I like the idea of modifying vw shafts. Again, thanks for all your help, this is a brilliant forum
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Post by: Spyder fan » Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:27 am
Notice on the Kelsport uj driveshafts that the shafts are sliding spline. If yours don't have this feature, then they will almost certainly bind at anything more than slight angles.
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Post by: rgh0 » Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:10 am
BMW E21 used CV joints if you have UJ on the drive shafts i.e. Hookes joints then you also need a sliding spline to accommodate length change , do you have that ?
UJs may bind at a much lower angle than Cvs. Also if you have Cvs the length of the shaft may be wrong so that the length travel of the CV is exceeded.
How you fix what you have at lowest cost may be very simple or very hard. More detail and some photos would help
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UJs may bind at a much lower angle than Cvs. Also if you have Cvs the length of the shaft may be wrong so that the length travel of the CV is exceeded.
How you fix what you have at lowest cost may be very simple or very hard. More detail and some photos would help
cheers
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