Just talked to my Neapco guy. He said if you order 1-0005 BF you will
get the "beefier" version of the joint.
Chuck
Joe Curry wrote:
>I would advise against using that brand. I bought a set of those for my
>Spitfire (Tiny Tim) that has the 240 hp Honda engine and broke every
>one. Replacing them with Spicer ones solved the problem.
>
>Regards,
>Joe
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-fot@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-fot@Autox.Team.Net] On
>Behalf Of Martin Sukey
>Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 3:45 PM
>To: FOT
>Subject: More on U-Joints
>
>I stumbled upon NEAPCO Inc brand u joints when I had my drive shaft
>shortened. The company does a lot of truck stuff and that is what they
>sold.
>The yolks are considerably more robust than any thing I had previously
>used
>and they are made in the USA. I did an internet search on NEAPCO stuff
>and
>saw that brand was sold at AutoZone (local discount chain). They did
>not
>stock ones for the TR6 but were able to order them for me, I think it
>was
>about $18 each. The only problem I had was at some point in time
>NEAPCO
>did an improvement and moved the grease fitting from the yolk to the
>cap.
>There are not enough clearances in the TR for the cap version so I just
>put
>a plug there and just swap out a grease fitting when I want to grease.
>I
>know size does not matter but if it did then these must be good stuff:-)
>
>
>
>Oh, part number for the TR6 u joint is 1-0005
>
>
>
>Marty Sukey
>
>
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