Friday, Mar 10, 2006 at 01:23
Not quite sure I follow that Richard.
But think what happens if the front uni or the slide coupling fell apart at say 100 kmh.
The prop shaft drops into the bitumen, really digs into the bitumen, lifts the back end of vehicle about 2 metres in the air. Vehicle slams to a dead stop, then slams down into the bitumen and snaps yer neck with the whiplash,,,,,,,,,,,,
Scary things cars eh ;)
Still can't figure out why they would put a prop shaft on the opposite way to which it was originally fitted, I'd say someone stuffed up and they won't admit it. An apprentice perhaps??
The reason that the sliding joint is at the front is that there is far less radial movement i.e up and down movement at the gearbox end than there is at the rear axle end. That "up 'n down" movement would wear the splines far more quickly than if the splines were at the front, near the gearbox. The spline, if it were at the rear would suffering torque AND shear forces. It would break pretty quickly.
Watch what happens to the nose of a differentail housing when you accelerate from a standing start. It dips as the axle transmits forward motion to the vehicle chassis. That's where the spline arrangemnt would be worn out in no time. Whereas, the gearbox end hardly moves at all.
Wait fer the flack, Bilbo,,,,,,,,
Bilbo
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