propshaft centre bearing 1850hl

[stezzml]

hi, im new to the dolly club, not received my membership number yet but thought i could join in a discussion. i have recently acquired a lovely 1850hl but have noticed a rubbing sound underneath towards the back, upon looking i noticed the propshaft bearing rubber was split and wearing thin. Is there any easy fix for this as i have found the part is hard to come by, any suggestions would be helpful, thanks, proud owner, martin.<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->

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[redrichie]

Hi Martin, and welcome to the club.<br>
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Your problem as described is unfortunately not that rare. Myself and Ben spent a large part of one sunday at Stoneleigh looking for a new bearing and rubber for his sprint. His had gone exactly the way you describe.<br>
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There was an article in a not so long ago Dolly Mixture by John Abra where he described how he had his sprint one repaired by a propshaft company in Brum if i remember correctly. I am pretty sure that you can ask for back issues, maybe this would be some help to you. I think he got proffesionals to rebuild it, because it's something that needs a quite large press. They did offer a "rebuild by mail", but obviously this may cost more. Maybe it would be cheaper to buy a new propshaft? Not sure either....options options, options...<br>
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Hope this helps.

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[stezzml]

thanks for the tips on back issues, at the moment i only have issue 112. i will try and get more. i have looked on ebay and they have a propshaft bearing for dolomite/morris marina/sherpa is that a feasable option to go for or is it best left to the experts? i dont want to damage my dolly. thanks for responding so quick too! nearly blew me away when i saw a response. martin.

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[Jon Tilson]

of a part common to lots of vehicles being sold as rare and for classics only...<br>
Its the same bit as used on sherpa vans IIRC. Dont pay more than 25 quid.<br>
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I tried to do one last week...second time Ive done one in 30 years of running them. I gave up cos the splines between the 2 halves have so far defeated attempts to seperate them. The last one I did was much more cooperative and came away with a few taps. The bearing then comes off fairly easilly. Being short of time I just put on another prop that just needed a u/j.<br>
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Get the parts you need first...bearing and at least one u/j cos you will need it, remove the prop shaft for which you will need 1 half inch socket and 2 good quality 9/16 spanners and get it off. Try and seperate and if you are lucky fine...make sure you mark the 2 halves so they go back on exactly the same spline. If it wont seperate then take it to your local back street garage with an old mechanic.<br>
Ive got one locally who did his apprenticeship on Triumphs...25 quid for a u/j swap. <br>
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Jonners<br>
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[dollysteve]

I needed heat to do mine, lots of heat which melted the rubbers on the UJ, so, as Jonners says get a joint to, you`ll need it if you have to apply heat.

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[mbellinger]

In the DM article didn't John Abra find that a Transit bearing was an exact fit (and cheap and available)?<br>
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Or am I mad (quite likely)?

<p>Martin<br>
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1968 Triumph 1300FWD<br>
1975 Triumph 1500TC Auto<br>
1989 Honda Civic 1300 Auto<br>
2006 Mondeo 2.0 Ghia X Auto<br>
2002 Renault Scenic<br>
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[davepoth]

I think that was the Sprint propshaft, which has a sliding centre bearing.

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[Jon Tilson]

you mean a sliding centre CV joint as aoppsed to a hardy spicer.<br>
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The bearing is the same...unless I'm mistaken.<br>
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Jonners

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[davepoth]

I probably do. Good job there are people who know stuff round here to correct me. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :o --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/embarassed.gif ALT=":o"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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[stezzml]

I have managed to aquire a propshaft centre bearing, i phoned loads of companies form the mag and finally came up trumps, with postage 34.06, so not too far off the mark from soc autoparts.<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :b --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/tongue.gif ALT=":b"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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right now just got to get the confidence to roll up the sleeves, jack up the car and try my best, not tried anything this major before so fingers crossed,<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START : --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/ohwell.gif ALT=":"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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any other tips greatfully received<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :eek --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eek.gif ALT=":eek"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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thanks. martin<br>
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[redrichie]

best of british <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :D --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->

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