[Mgs] Driveshaft flange

[Barney Gaylord]

I just remembered, I think it was also the early 
Land Rovers, like Series 1 through Series 3 that 
had an MGA compatible propshaft with beefier knuckles.


At 09:43 AM 9/21/2021, Barney Gaylord wrote:
>Some Datsun cars used the same U-joint but a 
>slightly beefier end flange that is 
>interchngeable.  Some people used to pick up th 
>Datsn propshafts from a wrecking yard to use in 
>their race cars with uprated ngines.  Sorry I don't recal what model.
>
>Barney Gaylord
>1958 MGA with an attitude
>http://MHGAguru.com


>At 02:26 AM 9/21/2021, PaulHunt73 wrote:
>>
>>The factory V8 had a 'beefier' propshaft, with 
>>bigger gearbox and axle drive flanges and UJs, 
>>same as the MGC.  But as this is almost 
>>certainly a conversion it depends on whether 
>>the converter fitted the bigger shaft or kept 
>>the original.  My 4-cylinder drive flange is 3 
>>3/8" and the V8 3 7/8", with UJ bearing cups 
>>15/16" and 1", so this looks like a 4-cylinder 
>>shaft.  Maybe time to beef it up if usage has wrecked the flange.
>>
>>PaulH.
>>----- Original Message -----
>>Parts is parts. that is something you'd should 
>>be able to find a crossover or maybe upgrade to a beefier u-joint for.
>>On September 19, 2021 2:18:47 PM PDT, 
>><mailto:jimray at hartcom.net>jimray at hartcom.net wrote:
>>
>>I am looking for a driveshaft flange for my 
>>1980 MGB. Moss has them on backorder (268-010) 
>>and doesn’t know when they will have them in 
>>stock. The unit I am looking for is 3 - 9/16 
>>inches in width and has a 3 inch o/c bolt 
>>pattern. The u-joint opening appears to be 
>>15/16 but this could be off a fraction or two because it is pretty beat-up.
>>....
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