gona fit my new 1 peice one this weekend

 

they hard to remove?

 

any special tools required?

Hey Mark

 

I just found out i need a new shaft and was just about to post the same thing you have! Can i ask where you got the single peice and how much?

exhaust off, heat shield off, bearing carrier bolts x 2, x6 allen bolts at rear then slide out prop from gearbox. Be prepared for exhaust bolts that may shear at connection to header pipes. Allign one piece with dial test indicator or be prepared to go back under and turn shaft 90 degrees until you remove any vibration you encounter on the road. My one piece was a transition fit into the small lipped cup that remained on the diff after removing the original, this and limited access to the diff/drive shaft securing bolts made for great difficulty in tightening down the supplied allen bolts each time I needed to re-allign the shaft. I recommend replacing any allen bolts with hex bolts so you can get a ratchet spanner on them. Also to be able to use the original 60 degree washers I had to file the outer edge so that they would slip into the previously mentioned small lipped cup as the one piece rear flange was somewhat thinner than the original. The one piece is alledged to be less able to absorb vibration than the original so it is better to work to a tighter tolerance for your shaft runout than the zx manual states.

its quite an easy job mate even i did it

Im picking my single peice up later. Going to remove my old prop shaft over the weekend and underseal the whole car while im there.

 

Did you fit your single ok Mark? Any pointer or tips would be welcome.

bump!

What is the plus to having a single prop?

 

I would assume that less power will be lost through the drivetrain as there are less parts, and therfore less friction....but I am interested.

yep and less weight, no centre bearing to fail!

 

The only bad thing i heard is that an alloy single on a 2+2 can flex and slap about a bit.

 

but mine is steel so much more rigid, should be all good.

what sort of prices are we looking at for one? interested.

Can anyone tell me if its possible to remove the prop shaft with the front pipes and cats in place?

as im too lazy to take my front pipes off!

Just the rear sections should do it depending on what exhaust you have...

standard front pipes and cats. I have took one of the rear sections off and with the other one off i should be able to get the big heat shield off above the cats. Then will just have to drain the gearbox oil and pull the prop out without hitting the cats.