Double Cardan or Wide Angle?

[DiscoClay]

Have any of you seen a failed double cardin stock D2 shaft? I am wondering about the failure mode.

It seems that if the forward-most u-joint in the DC fails then the H-section [the "main" double-cardan component] would try to fling [~pivot 90° from its operating angle] centrifugally outward.. causing UFIO syndrome [Unstoppable Force -- Immovable Object] with anything it encounters [anything, in this case, being an aluminum gearbox].

 

[kris812]

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Discovery II - Disco II driveshaft rebuild - Let me get this straight... 1.Disco II front drive shafts are bad because they did not come with greasable u-joints. If those stock u-joints fail they will ruin my tranny costing me thousands of dollars? 2. If I drop the front drive shaft and replace...

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[DiscoClay]

Wow, that is about what I was thinking.


It seems that could be eliminated by placing the DC forward, on the axle end. I know this would mean more mass out there but.. so what . Separately, a flat steel plate could be installed as a guard next to the tranny. Of course keeping the joints lubed would solve most of this problem.

Anyways... Got it: no cheapo sweaters up near the wagon's dangly bits!