Tailshaft, Single Or Two Piece

[scooba]

Hi all,

 

I have the option to buy a tailshaft for the manual conversion I'm doing.

 

I have the choice of either a one piece, or two piece shaft.

 

Is one better than the other or are they much of a muchness?

 

I've worked on Escorts before and the two pieces were added to reduce vibration. Is it the same for Toyotas?

 

Cheers,

 

Steve.

[Willis]

If it works on one, it's likely to work on another. But I would think that a one piece would be the cheaper of the two, no?

[styler]

Yeah I thought 2pc was just for vibration, also reduces unsprung weight I guess...

but 1 pc for strength and cost seems be the way to go, have seen 1 pc aluminum and

carbon fibre tailshafts as well to reduce weight but pricey

[Willis]

Yeah I thought 2pc was just for vibration, also reduces unsprung weight I guess...

but 1 pc for strength and cost seems be the way to go, have seen 1 pc aluminum and

carbon fibre tailshafts as well to reduce weight but pricey

 

Very pricey indeed.

[Willis]

Styler, wouldn't a tailshaft be sprung weight?

[styler]

Upsprung weight I reckon

Edited March 15, 2012 by styler

[ke70dave]

much of a muchness really i think on the lower level of performance.

 

ke70/ae71 panel vans came with 1 peice. all other ke70's 2 peice.

 

both seem to work perfectly fine if they are balanced.

 

i think if i put a 1 peice in over a 2 peice i would include a tailshaft hoop for my own peice of mind. don't want my car to turn into a pole volter.

 

But plenty of cars are 1 peice with no tailshaft hoop (utes, 4wd's etc)

 

for a manual conversion on a standard car, i would just go with a good condition OEM setup. weather it be single or dual peice.

[BUZ440]

I would have thought that the two piece on the 70's where the torque tube, to stop the diff from, twisting as there are no top links, as oppose to the leaf spring setup,

 

?????

[scooba]

Hi guys,

 

Thanks for the advice.

 

Car will be standard for the time being, until I can afford more, but I don't think I'll go much past the old cams, carbs, compression and exhaust route.

 

 

Oldskool rules! :yes:

 

 

I used to have an 80's model 626, the rwd ones, believe me, two piece tailshafts will still make a car pole vault, just not as high. :sigh:

 

Cheers,

 

Steve