Drive Shaft

[Merv and Sharon]

Lots of good advice here and thanks Sambo for the paint compliment. I am very pleased with the colour painted. I will post some more pics tomorrow as all the fittings are now back on. Tomorrow involves connecting up the clutch and accelerator cables and radiator hoses.

The Drive shaft:

Warwick said to measure it from the diff. pinion flange to the rear edge of the gearbox housing (425mm) then he will order the 'shaft made for me. That sounds fine. The rear is IRS (R32 Nissan) so I guess the angles are less critical.

However, I will check make sure both faces are square, as Martin and Geof suggest. I feel that these probably aren't, as to the eye the gearbox is actually off the horizontal already. That is, if I look at the top of the mounting plate for the gearlever, it is not parallel to the garage floor (+/_ 10 degrees). This may not be a problem as I could adjust the engine mounts a bit but it makes me think that the rear vertical face of the gearbox may also be out to some degree. Perhaps Warwick has in mind that I use a service to get it balanced. Haven't had a chance to discuss this as yet.

Merv

[LT65]

Merv,
I fabricated my own out of a commodore front half and nissan navara 4x4 (SD25)front shaft. had a mate balance it for me. I used the commodore tube due to its thicker wall. Total overall length was about 420mm. Only have 320mm between diff flange and gearbox. Don't forget you need to have some angle on the shaft so the uni's are moving otherwise they wear out quickly. Hope this helps.

Regards
Lionel