>I am replacing the u-joints and cleaning up my drive shaft on the
>'59 TR3 restoration project. After separating the two parts of the
>drive shaft, the cork gasket was toast, to say the least. This
>part is not available through any of the distributors.
>
>What have people done to replace this? Look for a generic cork
>gasket of same dimensions, use a rubber gasket, make one from
>cork...? My guess is the cork is used to seal the cap that holds
>the two shafts together to keep the grease that is pumped into the
>transmission side of the shaft for the splines from oozing out.
>
I have found that boat shops, the ones where you can buy equipment for
yachting etc, usually sell cork in sheets of differing thicknesses and
about a foot square. You should be able to make a new gasket out of one of
them.
Dave
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