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Jul 11, 2018 10:33:00 GMT
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Does anyone have a recommendation on a supplier who can cut and weld a side shaft together (shaft from diff to wheel on custom IRS set up) , basically we are using the diff end off one vehicle to the wheel end off another and need to join them together.
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alecf
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Jul 11, 2018 13:08:31 GMT
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call Gb engineering near Nantwich. speak to Geoff he will make you a new custom shaft. I wouldn't bother trying to joint any, he made me some 300M (basicly Dakar spec) shafts for my off road race car and they were about £200 each for the fronts. complete one offs.
In a more basic material the cost would be hugely reduced.
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froggy
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Jul 11, 2018 19:23:46 GMT
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Cut n shut will always be weak at the weld , I’ve done a few and I cut a slot down the tube usually 5mm wall down both sides and weld the ends as well . Had good success until I started launching hard at the drag strip and now use shafts made by Geoff at gb.
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keyring
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call Gb engineering near Nantwich. speak to Geoff he will make you a new custom shaft. I wouldn't bother trying to joint any, he made me some 300M (basicly Dakar spec) shafts for my off road race car and they were about £200 each for the fronts. complete one offs. In a more basic material the cost would be hugely reduced. Can he also supply uprated cvs? |
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alecf
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Jul 17, 2018 11:22:03 GMT
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call Gb engineering near Nantwich. speak to Geoff he will make you a new custom shaft. I wouldn't bother trying to joint any, he made me some 300M (basicly Dakar spec) shafts for my off road race car and they were about £200 each for the fronts. complete one offs. In a more basic material the cost would be hugely reduced. Can he also supply uprated cvs? depends what for, we were looking into options on mine and we looked at using a factory cv that was stronger (differnet car) then making the shaft to fit. cutting down on cost as the cvs are an on shelf item. worth a call hes been super helpful in sorting my issues |
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Confused
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Jul 17, 2018 12:26:53 GMT
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I've cut down shafts on my Anglia. Shaped both cut ends into a > shape so when put together they look like this >< Fill the V with weld, rotating shaft as you weld it up.
Great for just road use, but the 50th launche at Santa Pod on slicks snapped one of them! Have since re-welded it, but will be eventually replacing with custom-made one-piece shafts to eliminate the weak point at the weld.
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keyring
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Jul 17, 2018 22:34:15 GMT
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Can he also supply uprated cvs? depends what for, we were looking into options on mine and we looked at using a factory cv that was stronger (differnet car) then making the shaft to fit. cutting down on cost as the cvs are an on shelf item. worth a call hes been super helpful in sorting my issues It’ll be for for my turbod vr6, it’s only ate a couple, but with going for more power, it’d be nice to have options if it starts going through them more regularly |
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Last Edit: Jul 17, 2018 22:34:29 GMT by keyring
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froggy
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Jul 18, 2018 22:20:26 GMT
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I still run cut shafts on my Volvo powered camper but haven’t welded the ends just milled a slot down both sides and gone nuclear with a 3ph mig . One let go after getting silly off the mark but managed to cut the sleeve back off and replace without having to find another shaft to cut up
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Jul 19, 2018 16:29:30 GMT
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Any i have done in the past, for normal road use only, i have v cut and formed a cod mouth joint and the sleeved over that with a welded collar and then balanced them out. Not had a failure and they have seen lots of abuse.
For anything with decent power, track use or similar than i recommend a custom built shaft.
Possibly shaft made to spec by SSG and then graft diy pot joints on from whomever you buy from, readily available.
When we raced, i had custom 2 or 3mm tube with 2 opposing laser cut with slots up 90% of the shaft that we then filled with weld onto the original, never ever did we have a failure or a bent shaft even when rallying and hitting rocks etc.
Good luck sir
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alecf
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Jul 23, 2018 12:02:24 GMT
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These are the ones we had made-  As you cans see they get some abuse with 340bhp/ftib going through them whilst travelling over all sorts   |
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