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Old May 31st 05, 02:01 AM
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Default Driveshaft replacement advice sought: '72 Dodge.

Somebody GAVE me a 24-foot Dodge Motor Home, '72. It had no driveshaft
so we took one off another Dodge motor home and installed it. Was
driving it home and one of the bolts holding the rear yoke sheared and
the driveshaft 'went': flew right off, luckily without causing an
accident.

Anyhoo, I have to replace the driveshaft. Never done this before so any
pointers that any of you can offer would be appreciated. Is there a
torque spec. on the bolts that hold/secure the yokes?

Christopher A. Steele

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Old May 31st 05, 01:41 PM
Mike Romain
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You should put new straps and bolts on when you change out an old one
that vibrated apart or is an unknown like yours. They are very
inexpensive parts. As you found out, if stretched, they fly apart
really quickly.

They typically have 30 to 40 ft lb of torque on the bolts.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's


wrote:
>
> Somebody GAVE me a 24-foot Dodge Motor Home, '72. It had no driveshaft
> so we took one off another Dodge motor home and installed it. Was
> driving it home and one of the bolts holding the rear yoke sheared and
> the driveshaft 'went': flew right off, luckily without causing an
> accident.
>
> Anyhoo, I have to replace the driveshaft. Never done this before so any
> pointers that any of you can offer would be appreciated. Is there a
> torque spec. on the bolts that hold/secure the yokes?
>
> Christopher A. Steele

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Old June 3rd 05, 06:11 PM
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Mike:

Thank you for the advice. I'd never put one one before and got no
advice about how to do it or the proper torque (although I should have
thought of that myself). And it looked like such a simple job.
Again, thanks!

Christopher A. Steele

Mike Romain wrote:
> You should put new straps and bolts on when you change out an old one
> that vibrated apart or is an unknown like yours. They are very
> inexpensive parts. As you found out, if stretched, they fly apart
> really quickly.
>
> They typically have 30 to 40 ft lb of torque on the bolts.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
>
> wrote:
> >
> > Somebody GAVE me a 24-foot Dodge Motor Home, '72. It had no driveshaft
> > so we took one off another Dodge motor home and installed it. Was
> > driving it home and one of the bolts holding the rear yoke sheared and
> > the driveshaft 'went': flew right off, luckily without causing an
> > accident.
> >
> > Anyhoo, I have to replace the driveshaft. Never done this before so any
> > pointers that any of you can offer would be appreciated. Is there a
> > torque spec. on the bolts that hold/secure the yokes?
> >
> > Christopher A. Steele


 




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