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
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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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