Why Install Solid CV Drive Shafts In Your Classic Lotus Elan?

Since Lotus Elan S1 is released in the early 1960s, it soon became clear that the drive line would not have stood up to powerful driving habits, many stories abound of drivers fearless enthusiasm stranded miles from the workshop with a broken rubber donut or metalastic joint, and changing ring-road is not the way to spend time with his lady friend in the lotus elan ... not sireee.

Several different drive, substitute alternative donuts are produced, some have been offered a job half and half, where the universal joint is used in conjunction with the donut, the thinking behind this idea is that the ring provided mitigating the impact of the drive, while the in theory the idea is sound, the system is still prone to failure.

Another idea put forward is the use of two universal joints and splined slip yoke to replace the rubber donuts on each half of the shaft, at first it seemed like an ideal solution, but unfortunately because of the design, plain wrong to lock up under certain conditions, and universal joints also produce variations in speed, or speed up and slow down for a moment on each rotation, a phenomenon known as "cyclic variations in speed" is unique to universal joints when they operate in more odnekoliko degrees off center line, which, of course, will be subject to when employed in a rear-drive line of the lotus elan, the movement of the rear suspension travel will produce some degree of movement on both the hammer and oporavak.Trenucima cyclic variations occur only for milliseconds, but the phenomenon may prove to be unsatisfactory in the driveline of the lotus Elan.

constant velocity joint is designed so that when the angle of the drive varies, the balls are always located in the middle of the point within the joint. This eliminates the cyclic variations in the rate mentioned above that a universal joint products at work a few degrees off center, if the angle of work stretches far UJS will have a tendency to lock.

rubber boot that keeps grease in and contaminants out, protects the constant velocity (CV) joints. CV joints require only periodic maintenance or lubrication, they are engineered to last 100,000 miles (160,000 km) or more.

initial conversion price of the Lotus Elan in CV-drive system is high, but the starting price is fully compensated in the long term maintenance and replacement of donuts.

elantrikbits CV drive shaft system produces 100% reliability, because the system is well designed and it is known that many trouble free years of service.

Another major factor to consider when installing a solid CV driveshaft in the Lotus Elan is the ease of installation, well-designed system will require the removal of the old secondary drive shaft and donuts, the new system is simply offered to internal and external drive flanges, normal wrenches and tools that they should be required for the tension to high-strength fasteners.

If you set the shaft you're considering require anything other than the normal tools to install, and requires disassembling the rear suspension of your enthusiasm, the total installation cost will be much bigger than just the initial purchase cost, the need to pay for the services of a professional installation mechanic.