Attn: gene and david cox

Twisted_torque · tinkerer Joined: 26 Feb 2002 Posts: 240

Hi,
In ragards to the rubber support/surround of the torque tube. I Know they shouldnt break but they keep doing it.. I and sick of changing them over because without a decent car stand it is beyond painful each time. Could u please chase up a way to fix this problem for me once and for all. The rubber in most I guess is just old but surely there is a way to make it better.

GEM4PLAY · tinkerer Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Posts: 252

have you tried a brand new rubber from GMH. About $120.
i'm running in my turbo car and doesn't look like breaking.

Blue TG · tinkerer Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Posts: 183

my brother had a turbo gem, it used to rip those things up, so he made a kind of metal bush assembly to take the place of the rubber cusion, the shaft was just held completly rigid and it wprked like a dream, i dont know what the long term effects of doing this is tho, as the car was written off not long after

Gene FJ20DET · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 2:07 pm Post subject: Re: Attn: gene and david cox

i might look into that actually?!
alloy or steel?
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Frederick Stienheld · petrol head Joined: 05 Sep 2002 Posts: 2719

I'd use steel

GEM4PLAY · tinkerer Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Posts: 252

go for it gene, do it for the team!
then let us all know after you've done the hard work. LOL

-Cheers

zzz · petrol head Joined: 16 Jan 2002 Posts: 1298

this line is a cracker

i dont know what the long term effects of doing this is tho, as the car was written off not long after

Gene FJ20DET · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 4:07 pm Post subject: Re: got to love this

hahahah @ zzz

anyone wanna donate a torque tube to the project i will do the rest Wink

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GEM4PLAY · tinkerer Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Posts: 252

i got one ya can have!

Mr bayce · tinkerer Joined: 26 May 2002 Posts: 328

i wouldnt do it, I rekon the rubber is there to stop the car vabrating from the tailshaft and torque tube movement, might get a bit noisy...

GasGem · backyard mechanic Joined: 05 Nov 2001 Posts: 755

I cannot see a car getting engineered with it being metal, as it needs to flex when the diff moves up and down, try making one out of pollyurothane, like those red, blue and yellow suspension bushes, these are a few places that stock this product and you can mill it down to size,

worst case it if is made of metal is it will tear the floor where it mounts... that would not be good.

cheers
Eggy
cheers

Gene FJ20DET · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 11:42 am Post subject: Re: got to love this

also a interesting point Very Happy

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Frederick Stienheld · petrol head Joined: 05 Sep 2002 Posts: 2719

only 1 way to find out hey gene!

Gene FJ20DET · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 10:21 pm Post subject: Re: got to love this

fuck that. if its gonna ripp the floor out. lol. i can see how it needs to be "rubbery"
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