keynsham1
Active Member
I am just reassembling my prop shaft. When the sliding end is fitted, it goes on by aligning two arrows so that the end is aligned correctly with the main shaft. But interestingly according to the manual, this makes one end of the prop shaft 144 degrees out of line with the other! I know that when a prop shaft is not in perfect alignment, the ends then to speed up and slow down during a single rotation and so it is common practice to have them out by 90 degrees (I seem to remember) to counteract this, but 144 degrees is odd! Weirder still, the earlier cars with final drive suffix A are out of alignment by only 107 degrees!
Can anyone enlighten me on why these unusual angles are required?
Can anyone enlighten me on why these unusual angles are required?