[Roadsters] Need 5 speed drive shaft.

[Gary and Cindy Ault]

Daniel/Peter,

The 4-speed driveshaft has a sliding yoke on the trans end.  It has a collar 
which fits over the outside of the trans rear housing (without making 
contact), and a shaft which fits into the rear housing of the trans through 
an oil seal and onto the splined main shaft.  There is a U-joint immediately 
following the yoke, and a second joint at the differential.

The Nissan parts manual shows a bolted yoke at both ends of the 5-speed 
driveshaft, and two U-joints, which is what I sort of recall from the 2L I 
had 20-odd years ago.  It also shows some sort of sliding mechanism behind 
the front U-joint.  The parts book refers to this as a "stub yoke".  But, 
the Nissan manual does not show how the bolted yoke connects to the trans 
main shaft, so I can't really say for sure.

Gary

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Solomon" <d-solomon at comcast.net>
To: "peter harrison" <granvillecomputing at hotmail.com>
Cc: <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Need 5 speed drive shaft.


>I may have one.  I had a "spare" included in the sale of my car.... but
> I'm suspicious it may actually be the 4spd version that was removed when
> they converted the car to 5 spd.  is there an obvious difference that I
> can check / measure?
>
> peter harrison wrote:
>> Have sourced locally everything except for a 5 speed drive shaft - 
>> anything
>> out there? I am departing November 7th so some level of urgency is upon 
>> me.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Peter
>> Eliza '70 SPL TOADSAN
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