Hi all,
Hope you are well.
I'm in the process of swapping a 1UZ-FE (Lexus v8) and Toyota R154 manual transmission into my 240 sedan.
The engine/box is mounted and plumbed/wired and I am now ready to have the tail shaft built. I have an OEM 2" 240 (manual) shaft here.
My initial plan was to have a shop lengthen the front shaft and fit a uni-joint and slip yoke to suit the Toyota gearbox (as per Anthony Hyde's W58 write-up), and run an OEM 740/940 centre bearing (with fabbed bracket).
However, a drive shaft shop that I spoke to have told me that having two slip joints (one at the gear box and the other between the two shafts) and the 'soft' OEM centre bearing will allow too much fore/aft movement of the shaft which will cause problems.
They want to start from scratch and build a whole new tailshaft with commodore centre bearing and CV joint.
Of course, they are the industry experts, and if I need to, I will do as they say. But he also hasn't done a volvo engine swap before.
I am interested whether anyone has a tailshaft with two slip-joints in it, and whether you've run into any issues.
Thanks in advance!
Chris
Progress pic for context!