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alrighty, so I should be studying for a chemistry exam but this was on my mind and bugging the hell out of me, so here's my story.
If your driveshaft is loose and has some play, it usually means u-joints. Minor problem among us being that we cant simply unbolt the housing and replace the X shaped universal... we have to replace the whole joint.
So I was informed of two routes to take (other than getting an aftermarket driveshaft)...
1) Cut open the cup, have a universal fitted and weld it back together. Cheap, fast, easy, but so beyond ghetto it's scary.
2) Have the Nissan yoke spun off in a lathe, and a normal type welded back on. Then buy universals in future and replace as i see fit. No fuss, no muss, no hassles.
So I'm going for route 2. I'm going to take the driveshaft out, buy myself something light yet durable enough to take a beating and have parts available where ever I may end up. In this wonderful country of ours, that means cutting up a Ford F-150 driveshaft, fitting the universals to my Skyline shaft, having it balanced and welded in place then driving away a happier person.
I found out already in Winnipeg, there is a shop that will do precisely what this whole thing entails (cutting, sizing, balancing, welding) for under $200 (Wes-T-Rans for anybody interested).
So after I study for my chemistry exam, write it on Monday and return home, it's off to get my grubby little hands on a Ford F-150 driveshaft, take off the Skyline one, bring it in to get "Frankensteined" and hope for the best.
By the way, i chose Ford because the U-joints on them are indestructible, and even if I do find a way to blow it apart, the universals themselves are a $4 part available at any Canadian Tire and fully repaired in half an hour
Just figured I would pass on the information because let it be GTRC, SAU, SDU, i couldnt find a single thing mentioning what a pain Nissan has made the Skyline in this aspect (300's and 240's dont have the issue) but, on the same note, Mercedes and BMW are just as mean :wink:
If your driveshaft is loose and has some play, it usually means u-joints. Minor problem among us being that we cant simply unbolt the housing and replace the X shaped universal... we have to replace the whole joint.
So I was informed of two routes to take (other than getting an aftermarket driveshaft)...
1) Cut open the cup, have a universal fitted and weld it back together. Cheap, fast, easy, but so beyond ghetto it's scary.
2) Have the Nissan yoke spun off in a lathe, and a normal type welded back on. Then buy universals in future and replace as i see fit. No fuss, no muss, no hassles.
So I'm going for route 2. I'm going to take the driveshaft out, buy myself something light yet durable enough to take a beating and have parts available where ever I may end up. In this wonderful country of ours, that means cutting up a Ford F-150 driveshaft, fitting the universals to my Skyline shaft, having it balanced and welded in place then driving away a happier person.
I found out already in Winnipeg, there is a shop that will do precisely what this whole thing entails (cutting, sizing, balancing, welding) for under $200 (Wes-T-Rans for anybody interested).
So after I study for my chemistry exam, write it on Monday and return home, it's off to get my grubby little hands on a Ford F-150 driveshaft, take off the Skyline one, bring it in to get "Frankensteined" and hope for the best.
By the way, i chose Ford because the U-joints on them are indestructible, and even if I do find a way to blow it apart, the universals themselves are a $4 part available at any Canadian Tire and fully repaired in half an hour
Just figured I would pass on the information because let it be GTRC, SAU, SDU, i couldnt find a single thing mentioning what a pain Nissan has made the Skyline in this aspect (300's and 240's dont have the issue) but, on the same note, Mercedes and BMW are just as mean :wink:
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