The Number One Club for owners of Triumph's range of small saloons from the 1960s and 1970s.
https://forum.triumphdolomite.co.uk/
I've had one from RobSport and it seems to be lasting ok. When I had my spare propshaft balanced at Dunning & Fairbank they offered quality replacements for the centre bearing - so decent ones must be out there if you shop around!cleverusername wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 10:48 am Never rains but it pours. Undoing the prop from the gearbox, for the engine removal, I noticed that the rubber on the centre bearing has completely torn.
Is it worth trying to replace it with an aftermarket one or will they all be Chinese rubbish that only lasts a few 100 miles?
Had a look at Robsport but since the batch they have were manufactured with the wrong mounting nuts:yorkshire_spam wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 11:10 amI've had one from RobSport and it seems to be lasting ok. When I had my spare propshaft balanced at Dunning & Fairbank they offered quality replacements for the centre bearing - so decent ones must be out there if you shop around!cleverusername wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 10:48 am Never rains but it pours. Undoing the prop from the gearbox, for the engine removal, I noticed that the rubber on the centre bearing has completely torn.
Is it worth trying to replace it with an aftermarket one or will they all be Chinese rubbish that only lasts a few 100 miles?
The 2 plates are bolted to captives on the centre bearing outer housing. The only problem with the 10mm captives is finding a couple of short 10mm bolts to go in them. I've fitted, one way and another, 5 or 6 of these repro bearings, a couple have been supplied to me by my propshaft specialist of choice, Proptech in Hartlebury. But it's my impression that he gets them from Dave Mac, who seems to have more or less cornered the market, the way Baines have with screen seals.Magenta Auto Sprint wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 3:03 pm The prop centre bearing doesn't have captive nuts as standard as far as I remember? there are two plates with studs that go through the transmission tunnel.
So I would be tempted to remove the captive nuts and use stiff nuts as per the original set up.
Malcolm
Good to know, I am suspicious of parts, especially rubber ones because we have had so many failures. We have one car that eats suspension arms, they basically have to be replaced once a year, the parts are so poor.Carledo wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 9:15 pmThe 2 plates are bolted to captives on the centre bearing outer housing. The only problem with the 10mm captives is finding a couple of short 10mm bolts to go in them. I've fitted, one way and another, 5 or 6 of these repro bearings, a couple have been supplied to me by my propshaft specialist of choice, Proptech in Hartlebury. But it's my impression that he gets them from Dave Mac, who seems to have more or less cornered the market, the way Baines have with screen seals.Magenta Auto Sprint wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 3:03 pm The prop centre bearing doesn't have captive nuts as standard as far as I remember? there are two plates with studs that go through the transmission tunnel.
So I would be tempted to remove the captive nuts and use stiff nuts as per the original set up.
Malcolm
So far, my customers and I have been satisfied with them, deeply as I suspect anything repro which is of rubber/metal construction, these seem to be holding up well. The one on the Carledo has been thrashed mercilessly for 10 years and still looks and works fine!
Steve
cliftyhanger wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 5:03 am As a curveball, I and others have used a Transit centre bearing.
Not really a curveball….