[TR] Propshaft

[Sujit Roy]

Hello Bill. The cv jointed one sounds good but as u mention once the boot
splits and grit gets in ur left to get another shaft. I'm hoping my one of
my kids takes the stag and works on it so I may opt for the uj type so a
replacement uj will be much cheaper.

 I recall Rimmer Bros bought Rover 3500 sdi parts out of India. The car was
called Standard 2000 out there. They where partial knock down kits I think.
But used a Japanese engine and under powered

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 7:25 PM William Smith <smithw1 at optonline.net> wrote:

> While my experience relates to a TR7, it may apply to a Stag also. The
> stock TR7 with 5-speed used a propshaft with CV joints. These CV joints
> have donut shaped diaphragm rubber seals that can tear/degenerate. That
> happened to my TR7 with only about 25k miles on it. All the grease was
> expelled from the front CV joint, making a mess and it started making tin
> can rattling sounds upon heavy acceleration.
> Since Rimmer shows a "new" propshaft in their catalog and on their
> website, I decided to order one. When I received it, it was in worse
> condition than the one I was replacing.  When I contacted them about it,
> they told me it was NOS/"new" old stock" and that if they sent me another
> one, it would probably be in just as bad condition. To their credit, they
> refunded my money after returning it to their U.S. representative. BTW, I
> don't know if it is true, but someone had mentioned that Rimmer had bought
> a large batch of NOS parts from some company in India which had been
> sitting in the sun in non-climate containers for many years. In the end, I
> purchased a brand new propshaft that uses universal joints. So far I've
> been very happy with it - no leaking grease and no more rattles.
> FWIW, I still deal with Rimmer and have been generally happy with their
> products and service. I chalk this propshaft experience with them as an
> aberration.
> Bill Smith
> '72 TR6
> '80 TR7
>
> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
>
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