Propellor shaft woes

[Peter Golledge]

Peter Berrevoets wrote:
> 
> Having had the oppportunity to obtain a new centre bushing from Javad and an
> SKF bearing, I took the time do do the centre bearing re+re.
> 
> To my serious displeasure I discovered that the cv joints at both ends where
> so badly worn, thaat they were causing the ringing sound that I assumed was
> coming from my sagging centre bushing. Having access to another propshaft
> with cvs' in good condition, I swapped the cvs and fitted the new bearing
> and bushing.
> 
> Herein lies my nightmare. No amount of messing with the shaft alignment or
> balancing of the shaft has had much effect on a vibration that makes the car
> almost undriveable over 90 kph.  I'm getting ready to bite the bullet and
> buy a new shaft or hopefully find a good used one.

Have you tried switching the orientation of the yolks 180 Deg?  If the
two shafts were not assembled in the same position it could cause some
balancing issues. 

Cheers
-- 
Peter Golledge