Check your driveshaft bolts!

[Jdc1]

Customer’s clean ‘90 cut loose, hit the oil pan and popped the spot welds.

 

[OSS]

DIY repairs (driveshaft) from the unexperienced can have dire consequences.
Factory installed driveshafts never fall off. Never.

 

[Skniper]

Might as well put an h55f in it...while you're there

 

[Mark W]

DIY repairs (driveshaft) from the unexperienced can have dire consequences.
Factory installed driveshafts never fall off. Never.

Your right!!!, So... never never never change your worn Ujoints!




Mark...

 

[Jdc1]

Might as well put an h55f in it...while you're there

It was mentioned.

 

[cruisermatt]

At least new pans are available.

 

[Jdc1]

At least new pans are available.

I was expecting more carnage. If the skid wasn’t there, it most likely would’ve survived.

 

[WRNG Lifestyle]

That could have ended pretty bad!

Currently working on 1982 HJ60 which got previously "restored" (one hell of nightmare). When I tore apart frame and engine, there where no washers on the driveshaft and everything was let's say pretty easy to open haha.

I don't understand how people can simply not care about this.

 

[MWM1]

Post #5 below refers to the drive shaft loop, but my rig doesn't have them...

Front driveshaft guide needed?

I'm in the process of replacing my clutch. The guide that bolts to the transmission and surrounds the front drive shaft seems like a waste of metal and is really in my way. What is its purpose? When I go to put everything back together is it really necessary to be there? Here is a po of what in...

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