1976 280Z Restoration Project

[rcb280z]

Looks good and nice heater!

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Tried something new with the heater lights. Set them up in one position then slowly lowered the engine hoist past the lights. This allowed the shorter prop shaft to be easily adjusted for optimal heating/curing. Wouldn’t have worked as well with the longer front cross member.

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These just in!

[rcb280z]

Hope they work! Anxious to know. 

Uh oh....made in China. Sorry had to go there 

Edited February 21, 2018 by rcb280z

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Heading to the shop now. Yeah, I know the China parts issues but I have had good luck with SKF in the past.

[grannyknot]

Me too, I've never had a bad bearing from SKF.

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[rcb280z]

So hopefully they work

We were always told these joints were not serviceable. But obviously they are.

 I guess time will tell when you get it on the road.

Edited February 21, 2018 by rcb280z

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They went together pretty smooth. The circlips are very tight to the flanges. I still have to clip one in.

[EuroDat]

Looks like they fit pretty good. I didn't come across that part number in my searching back in 2012. I found the Rockford 430-10 and cross referenced then to a couple of european manufactures. Good to know that SKF make them too.

[Zed Head]

Seems like they should work if they're tight.  Nissan used a wide range of clip thicknesses, but they always paired them by size, so there was no centering process to worry about.  There's a marking compound that you can buy for an easy visual check of movement.  Basically just stiff paint that cracks if the parts move.

Just curious and don't want to plant a seed of worry, but did you check the internals of the cross piece for machining grit, aka swarf?  That's one of the common problems with offshore stuff, the reman parts anyway.

 

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The u joint looked very clean and no indication of machining burrs etc. The internals were packed with grease already. The bearing caps were very nice and I noticed the needle bearings themselves were longer and more robust than stock needle bearings. Overall I am happy. The tight fitting of the joint is good because there is NO room for joint play at all. Everything swings freely but there is no room for centre adjustment.