Lobro joints

[adamnreeves]

As to whether or not your 2nd hand ones are any good... I have some sierra driveshafts to go on my locost and my plan is to throughly clean them in petrol, inspect the bearings and races for flat spots, cracks, weird colouring and if it passes my non-exacting visual test then I'll load them with grease and turn them over in my hands feeling for roughness and then finally, unless I've catagorically decided that they are fubar'd I'll just sling them in the car and listen for clicks, thunking and bangs.

Not very scientific but there you go

Mark

Just buy some new ones!! I wouldn't rely on visual inspection!

[KerryS]

When I assembled these, it seemed odd to me to torque tighten them with a cork gasket in the load path. Cork gaskets usually compress and bolt end load is lost or reduced.

We've used loads of cork gaskets sealing axle bearing covers on railway axles, the bolts relax end load and water gets in.

I painted a white line on the bolts after torque tightening them but they seem OK after 1500 miles.

Kerry

[adamnreeves]

When I assembled these, it seemed odd to me to torque tighten them with a cork gasket in the load path. Cork gaskets usually compress and bolt end load is lost or reduced.

We've used loads of cork gaskets sealing axle bearing covers on railway axles, the bolts relax end load and water gets in.

I painted a white line on the bolts after torque tightening them but they seem OK after 1500 miles.

Kerry

I was told not to install the cork gaskets by Westfield factory. Forgot about that.

[dern]

Just buy some new ones!! I wouldn't rely on visual inspection!

I didn't say I was going to... I don't know, you westfield chaps... buy new this, buy new that...

[MAT1800]

When I assembled these, it seemed odd to me to torque tighten them with a cork gasket in the load path. Cork gaskets usually compress and bolt end load is lost or reduced.

We've used loads of cork gaskets sealing axle bearing covers on railway axles, the bolts relax end load and water gets in.

I painted a white line on the bolts after torque tightening them but they seem OK after 1500 miles.

Kerry

I was told not to install the cork gaskets by Westfield factory. Forgot about that.

TBH, I can't remember if I fitted them or not..    

[stu999]

DO NOT fit gaskets of any kind to the joint assemblies. Cork/paper does not make a good medium for transmitting torque...

[dern]

Following on from this I took one of my driveshafts off last night to take the cv joint off to take down the factors and found one of them topped up with copaslip - eek.