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Offline Baloo

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why would you have cardboard inside your propshaft ?
« on: August 05, 2009, 02:40:39 PM »
yes you read it right :o
unless its common practice and l have missed it for the last 35 years l was suprised to find a cardboard tube stuffed up the inside of the justy propshaft ( driveshaft ?)
l cut it half to shorten it and found this up the middle







anyone know what you might want to have a cardboard tube inside a metal tube ?
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Re: why would you have cardboard inside your propshaft ?
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2009, 02:58:57 PM »
small problem  ::)
the pictures that l have uploaded to photo bucket have the file name Scxxthorpe ,  would seem the swear filter has all seeing eyes and has picked up a section of the word it dosent like, l have tried re namingthem but it dosent seem to make any difference ??
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Re: why would you have cardboard inside your propshaft ?
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2009, 03:03:25 PM »
try this
http://s259.photobucket.com/albums/hh311/andyhaycock/
 first 3 pics there are the ones l wanted to post
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Re: why would you have cardboard inside your propshaft ?
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2009, 03:07:57 PM »
My guess would be vibration?
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Re: why would you have cardboard inside your propshaft ?
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2009, 03:25:14 PM »
sound deadening related to harmonics
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Re: why would you have cardboard inside your propshaft ?
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2009, 03:36:16 PM »
well they both sound likerly answers,  l have never see it before, perhaps its got something to do with the poor balance of the 3 cylinder engine,
l was hopeing it was a treasure map when l pulled it out   ;D
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Re: why would you have cardboard inside your propshaft ?
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2009, 04:09:18 PM »
Quote from: Masterfabr on August 05, 2009, 03:25:14 PM
sound deadening related to harmonics

Bing go. Master hit the nail on the head.  People did not like the ping dinging noises from small pebbles hitting the shaft while driving.
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Re: why would you have cardboard inside your propshaft ?
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2009, 07:05:40 PM »
Can't help myself.....
Is it a teasuremap?









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Re: why would you have cardboard inside your propshaft ?
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2009, 04:12:56 AM »
AH Hahahaha GO Spec you crack me up!!!  The Master's right again!!
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Re: why would you have cardboard inside your propshaft ?
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2009, 05:59:12 AM »
Just a lucky guess................................
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Re: why would you have cardboard inside your propshaft ?
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2009, 06:49:55 AM »
 :m jj:
I just couldn't resist
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