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Re: carbon fiber driveshaft
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What is the source of the vibration? Lack of a dampener? No center bearing? Small diameter?
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Re: carbon fiber driveshaft
<<What is the source of the vibration? Lack of a dampener? No center bearing? Small diameter? >>
being one piece, the universal will be at a real angle to fit. that means alot of stress on it. it will wear uneven and eventually fail. |
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Re: carbon fiber driveshaft
Good to know. As of today I'm no longer going this route. The shop is just not up to it. They refuse to make a 2 piece.
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Re: carbon fiber driveshaft
Is the angle too extrem only for manual SVX's or for automatic too ?
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It's the same, just a slight difference in length.
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"That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence." '92 Dark Teal SVX LS-L, >146,000m 3 pedals, 5 speeds., restoration underway. 2012 Honda Insight, slow but cute. |
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Re: carbon fiber driveshaft
I would have posted this earlier, but I don’t get on this site that often. I had an aluminum drive shaft made about three years ago. It has a slightly larger diameter (compared to stock) for strength reasons. This also meant that the heat shield had to be modified so that it wouldn’t rub (in addition to being a “one-piece”). For all of the reasons mentioned in this thread I put the stock driveshaft back on about two week after installing it. Vibrations were noticeable around 60-80 mph. It is lighter but I never weighed it. I never noticed much of a change in acceleration if any at all.
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Re: carbon fiber driveshaft
in order for the D/S to work it would need significantly larger U-joint which means a fully custom shaft and joints... also means BIG money. I have toyed with the idea of having my D/S shop make me one for my silver... but the stocker has been fine so when I need a beefier one I will have it made
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