[Mgs] MGB O/D Driveshafts

[Paul Hunt]

>From the back face of the gearbox/OD flange to the front face of the axle 
flange.  The propshaft itself has a sliding joint at the front so will 
expand and contract between two extremes, and whilst *any* of the 
prop-shafts may be able to expand or contract to fit between any of the 
combinations of the flanges, with an incorrect prop-shaft there may not be 
enough compression space left on the one hand, or enough expansion space on 
the other.

If you have a prop-shaft and don't know which one it is, then personally I 
don't know how to tell them apart, unless I had all three on the ground and 
compared their lengths fully compressed.

Which now makes me wonder if the dimensions quoted *are* quoted for fully 
compressed prop-shafts and therefore easy to determine ... I'll be 
interested to hear.

I have a spare V8 prop-shaft but unfortunately because there was only ever 
one (which was different to all the 4-cylinder prop-shafts) the Parts 
catalogue doesn't give a dimension for that like it does for the others, so 
I can't check it!

PaulH.

----- Original Message ----- 
> Thanks to all for the info, but, from where to where is the measurement 
> taken?